{"id":158634,"date":"2024-07-30T11:32:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T15:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=158634"},"modified":"2024-07-30T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T15:33:32","slug":"siu-concludes-bracebidge-jailhouse-concussion-involved-no-criminal-wrongdoing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/siu-concludes-bracebidge-jailhouse-concussion-involved-no-criminal-wrongdoing\/","title":{"rendered":"SIU concludes Bracebridge jailhouse concussion involved no criminal wrongdoing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, found no reasonable grounds to believe an Ontario Provincial Police officer committed a criminal offence in connection with a concussion suffered by a 30-year-old man in 2022. The SIU re-opened this case in August 2023 after receiving new information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 21, 2023, police were called to a residence in Bracebridge for a report that the man assaulted a woman. The man was arrested and taken to the detachment. While the man was being placed in a cell, the man repeatedly attempted to punch an officer and grabbed him by the neck. The officer delivered initial punches, followed by an additional five punches after the man released his hold on the officer\u2019s head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Martino found the subsequent punches were arguably not strictly necessary. The law, however, does not demand that officers perfectly tailor their force when engaged in volatile and violent situations. Director Martino found that for an officer engaged in a vigorous struggle, he was unable to reasonably conclude that the officer acted in excess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full Director\u2019s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis &amp; Director\u2019s Decision):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/siu.on.ca\/en\/directors_report_details.php?drid=3947\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/siu.on.ca\/en\/directors_report_details.php?drid=3947<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, found no reasonable grounds to believe an Ontario Provincial Police officer committed a criminal offence in connection with a concussion suffered [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":158635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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