Investigation
Break-in Arrest Leads to Organ Injuries
Date Published: 2025-03-18
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: Halifax Regional Police
Summary
On September 17, 2024, Halifax Regional Police (“HRP”) responded to a call related to an alarm at a business on Windmill Road in Dartmouth. Two officers arrived on scene and noted that air conditioning units had been removed from the front of the business, indicating the business had likely been entered. The officers entered the business, and the Subject Officer (“SO”) encountered an adult male (the “Affected Party/AP”) in the back office with a computer monitor in his hands. The SO advised the AP he was under arrest. The AP did not comply with verbal commands to show his hands, and when he put down the computer, he had a hand in his hoodie and pants waistband. In an effort to subdue the male, the SO delivered two kicks to his left side. A struggle ensued, and when the second officer (the “Witness Officer/WO”) entered the back office, he deployed his Conducted Energy Weapon (“CEW/Taser”). The AP was arrested and taken into custody. Due to the use of the Taser and the AP’s apparent leve…