Police cleared from wrongdoing
The Director of the province's Special Investigations Unit has terminated an investigation into an incident involving Niagara police.
On June 24th of last year, a 28-year-old man was arrested in Welland by NRPS officers and taken to the police station where he was lodged in a cell.
The SIU says sometime later, the man tried to hang himself using a blanket.
Police personnel interfered, and the man tried to insert himself in the doorway and would not let them close the cell door.
They finally managed to push him back, but he placed his hand on the door and it closed on his hand.
The man was subsequently taken to hospital for examination of a hand injury.
Director Martino says diagnostic imaging of the hand revealed that no fractures had been incurred and the case is closed.
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