{"id":179416,"date":"2024-09-23T12:55:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=179416"},"modified":"2024-09-23T12:55:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:55:28","slug":"siu-rules-no-police-wrongdoing-in-hunstville-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/siu-rules-no-police-wrongdoing-in-hunstville-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"SIU rules no police wrongdoing in Hunstville incident"},"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, has found no reasonable grounds to believe two Ontario Provincial Police officers committed a criminal offence in connection with a 42-year-old man who lapsed into medical distress while in custody in May. The officers with overall responsibility for the care of prisoners during the man\u2019s time in custody were identified as subject officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 24, 2024, police were called after the man was seen waving a gun on a public roadway in the area of Susan Street West and Centre Street North in Huntsville. The man was also found to be in possession of illicit substances. He was arrested and taken to the OPP detachment. At about 1:45 a.m. the following day, he was found in medical distress in the cell. The man was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a decreased level of consciousness attributable to the ingestion of benzodiazepines, cocaine, and fentanyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Martino was satisfied that the subject officials always comported themselves with due care and regard for the man\u2019s health and wellbeing. The evidence indicates police searched and removed all of the illicit substances in his possession prior to his placement in the detachment cell and that his drug-induced condition was the result of consumption prior to his arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full Director\u2019s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis &amp; Director\u2019s Decision): <a href=\"https:\/\/siu.on.ca\/en\/directors_report_details.php?drid=4044\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Here<\/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\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has found no reasonable grounds to believe two Ontario Provincial Police officers committed a criminal offence in connection with a 42-year-old [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1904,"featured_media":141788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179416","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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