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tyresiasI must confess to being surprised. The last sentence of the article reads: "RCMP will also carry out an administrative review of the case, as is mandatory whenever an officer fires a gun." No one died. He wasn't shooting at a person but at his vehicle to try and stop it. Does the OPP have to justify each shot thye fire as well?
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/03/police-cruiser060503.html
Mountie shoots at own car as thieves flee in it
An RCMP officer in rural Manitoba shot at his own police vehicle last week in an attempt to stop three suspected car thieves who were driving away in the cruiser. The officer was responding to a complaint about erratic driving last Wednesday near Amaranth, west of Lake Manitoba, when he spotted a person driving a vehicle believed to have been stolen. The officer, who was alone, turned on his siren, but the driver didn't stop, according to an RCMP release issued Tuesday. After a five-kilometre chase, the driver pulled over and three people fled the vehicle on foot.
RCMP officials say the officer had a "physical confrontation" with one of the suspects while attempting to arrest him, but the man got away. All three of the fleeing men managed to double back and took off in the officer's car, almost hitting him as they sped away. The officer fired one round from his service pistol in an attempt to disable the car. With the help of a passing motorist, the officer managed to follow the suspects. The stolen cruiser was found a short distance away.
One of the suspects, a 26-year-old man, was arrested at the scene. Police used tracking dogs to locate two other men, aged 22 and 17, in a grain elevator about a kilometre away from the cruiser. The three men face numerous criminal charges. RCMP will also carry out an administrative review of the case, as is mandatory whenever an officer fires a gun.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/05/03/police-cruiser060503.html
Mountie shoots at own car as thieves flee in it
An RCMP officer in rural Manitoba shot at his own police vehicle last week in an attempt to stop three suspected car thieves who were driving away in the cruiser. The officer was responding to a complaint about erratic driving last Wednesday near Amaranth, west of Lake Manitoba, when he spotted a person driving a vehicle believed to have been stolen. The officer, who was alone, turned on his siren, but the driver didn't stop, according to an RCMP release issued Tuesday. After a five-kilometre chase, the driver pulled over and three people fled the vehicle on foot.
RCMP officials say the officer had a "physical confrontation" with one of the suspects while attempting to arrest him, but the man got away. All three of the fleeing men managed to double back and took off in the officer's car, almost hitting him as they sped away. The officer fired one round from his service pistol in an attempt to disable the car. With the help of a passing motorist, the officer managed to follow the suspects. The stolen cruiser was found a short distance away.
One of the suspects, a 26-year-old man, was arrested at the scene. Police used tracking dogs to locate two other men, aged 22 and 17, in a grain elevator about a kilometre away from the cruiser. The three men face numerous criminal charges. RCMP will also carry out an administrative review of the case, as is mandatory whenever an officer fires a gun.
