Ontario’s police watchdog says a provincial police officer is facing two assault charges in the arrest of a man who was left with serious injuries.
The Special Investigations Unit says the OPP officer has been charged with assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon in the arrest of a 43-year-old man.
The SIU says Bracebridge OPP officers were called to the Canadian Pacific Railway shed in Georgian Bay around 3:20 a.m. on July 10 after a reported trespassing and breaking and entering.
The agency said officers tracked a suspect to a shopping area, where they shot him with a stun gun and arrested him.
The SIU says the man was sent to a hospital where he was diagnosed with serious injuries.
The OPP officer who has been charged is due to appear in Bracebridge Court on December 20.
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