Ontario SIU to Review Onslow Fire Hall Incident

In April 2023, in the interests of avoiding any potential or perceived conflict of interest, the Nova Scotia Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) asked Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) to review information considered by the Joint Federal/Provincial...

SiRT Concludes Investigation into Police Use of Force

The Interim Director of the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) found no reasonable grounds to believe that a Halifax Regional Police (HRP) officer committed a criminal offence in connection with an incident that resulted in a man suffering serious injuries. On May...

SiRT Investigating Injuries Sustained During Arrest

On Friday October 20th Halifax Regional Police (HRP) received a complaint that a person wanted by police was a passenger in a taxi in the Dartmouth area.  Preliminary information suggests that when police located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop, the person...