Cape Breton police officer won’t be charged after July arrest: SiRT [Video]

Nova Scotia’s police watchdog says a Cape Breton Regional Police officer will not be charged after a man was seriously injured during an arrest in July.

According to the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT), members of the Cape Breton Regional Police were surveilling a man who had a firearm and was arrestable for previous offences on July 22.

Police saw the man driving a blue vehicle with a female passenger. When the driver pulled onto a dead-end street, police activated their emergency lights and tried to stop the vehicle.

SiRT says the man tried to flee while the passenger, who had exited the vehicle, was hanging onto the open driver’s door, trying to get the driver to stop.

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When officers approached the vehicle, SiRT says the man did not comply with demands and revved the engine.

Police saw objects in the vehicle that could be used as weapons, …