An investigation has been launched after a Toronto police officer used a “less lethal shotgun” during a call early Monday morning.
A press release from the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said Toronto police responded to a call for a man in crisis in the Dundas Street East and Victoria Street area around 2:30 a.m. Monday.
The SIU is a government agency that investigates police officers and other officials when their conduct may have caused death, injury, sexual assault or the discharge of a firearm at a person.
Police attempted to engage with the man but “at some point” an officer deployed pepper spray and another used a conducted energy weapon or taser, the SIU said.
The third officer used a less lethal shotgun and the man was struck. He was taken to hospital for treatment and apprehended under the Mental Health Act, according to the SIU.
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Last week, the City of Toronto confirmed a limited pilot that would see health care and crisis specialists respond to people in crisis instead of police.
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