N.S. police watchdog clears HRP officer in incident resulting in facial fracture

Nova Scotia’s police watchdog says it has cleared an HRP officer of any wrongdoing in connection to a serious injury sustained during an arrest.

This comes after an incident in October 2023 when a man wanted for assault with a weapon was reported to be at a Dartmouth pharmacy.

When police arrived, he had already left in a taxi which resulted in an officer pulling the cab over.

The Serious Incident Response team said the suspect fled on foot which resulted in a chase where the responding officers used a taser on the man.

He fell face down on the ground and suffered an orbital bone fracture, as a result.

After an investigation, SiRT said it found no reasonable grounds to believe that the officer committed a criminal offence.