SIU clears Peel officers who gave naloxone to man who later died - Action News
Home WebMail Saturday, November 23, 2024, 12:01 AM | Calgary | -11.5°C | Regions Advertise Login | Our platform is in maintenance mode. Some URLs may not be available. |
Toronto

SIU clears Peel officers who gave naloxone to man who later died

The police officers who tried to save a Brampton man's life with the opioid-antidote naloxone and CPR did nothing wrong, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has found.

Brampton man, 36, couldn't be revived

A Special Investigations Unit truck.
The Special Investigations Unit has terminated its investigation into a case in which Peel police officers tried and failed to revive a man with naloxone. (Yvon Theriault/Radio-Canada)

The police officers who tried to save a Brampton man's life with the opioid antidote naloxone and CPR did nothing wrong, Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has found.

The SIU looks into all deaths involving policein the province. In this case, officers were called to a Brampton home on March 12 where they found a 36-year-old man in need of medical attention.

"The only contact police had with the man involved performing CPR and administering Narcan nasal spray. While neither of these interventions was able to save the man's life, they did not contribute to the man's death," said SIU Director Tony Loparco in a statement announcing the termination of the probe.

Police associations have argued the SIUdoesn't need to investigate incidents like this.