Investigation
NGPD Officer-Involved Shooting in Standoff
Date Published: 2020-11-10
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: New Glasgow Police Service
Summary
This matter, concerning a police officer involved shooting was referred to SiRT by the New Glasgow Police Department (NGPD) within minutes after it occurred on the evening of August 3, 2020. The investigation began that evening with the SiRT investigator travelling to New Glasgow to view the scene, obtain police radio communications and interview various witnesses. The investigation was concluded on October 13, 2020. The following were obtained, reviewed and considered in the preparation of this report: initial call to 911by the Affected Party’s (AP) mother, transfer of the 911call to NGPD, police radio communications involving this incident, a video recordings taken from dash – mounted cam eras in the police vehicles operated by the Subject Officer (SO) and Witness Officer 1 (WOl), police r eports prepared by WOl, WO2and WO3, the SO’s police report and notes, statements from eight civilian witnesses (CWs), Forensic Identification Services reports and photographs, audio/video clip reco…