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Provincial investigators have cleared Ontario Provincial Police of wrongdoing in the death of a 62-year-old man of a perforated ulcer while in custody in Perth in April.
In a report released Friday, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit said police did nothing to cause or contribute to the death of the man, who had been arrested in Kemptville on an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court, and exercised sufficient care while he was in a cell.
The man, who is not identified in the SIU report, was brought to the Lanark County OPP detachment at about midnight on April 8 and was checked by a civilian guard at intake and every 15 minutes through the morning, the report says.
“At 8:30 a.m., the guard noticed the man was breathing heavily and that he was pale and clammy,” the investigators say. The man was taken by ambulance to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A pathologist determined that a perforated ulcer was the cause.
SIU director Tony Loparco said it is apparent that the man was kept under close watch at the police station.
“I am satisfied on reasonable grounds that the man was accorded a level of care that fell within the limits prescribed by criminal law,” Loparco said.
The SIU is an arm’s-length agency that determines whether police acted properly in cases involving deaths, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
It assigned three investigators and one forensic investigator to the custody death. The team interviewed a civilian witness, the civilian guard and six “witness officers.” It did not hear from the officer “ultimately responsible for prisoners that night,” who invoked his right to not participate in an interview or turn over his duty notes, the SIU said.
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In a report released Friday, Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit said police did nothing to cause or contribute to the death of the man, who had been arrested in Kemptville on an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court, and exercised sufficient care while he was in a cell.
The man, who is not identified in the SIU report, was brought to the Lanark County OPP detachment at about midnight on April 8 and was checked by a civilian guard at intake and every 15 minutes through the morning, the report says.
“At 8:30 a.m., the guard noticed the man was breathing heavily and that he was pale and clammy,” the investigators say. The man was taken by ambulance to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A pathologist determined that a perforated ulcer was the cause.
SIU director Tony Loparco said it is apparent that the man was kept under close watch at the police station.
“I am satisfied on reasonable grounds that the man was accorded a level of care that fell within the limits prescribed by criminal law,” Loparco said.
The SIU is an arm’s-length agency that determines whether police acted properly in cases involving deaths, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.
It assigned three investigators and one forensic investigator to the custody death. The team interviewed a civilian witness, the civilian guard and six “witness officers.” It did not hear from the officer “ultimately responsible for prisoners that night,” who invoked his right to not participate in an interview or turn over his duty notes, the SIU said.
rbostelaar@ottawacitizen.com
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