NEWS RELEASE
SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE
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On Wednesday, March 14 at 2 a.m., South Simoce Police officers were called to a domestic dispute at a home in Bradford. When officers arrived, they found some family members of a man standing on the sidewalk. The man, who lives at the home and has mental health issues, had barred relatives from entering and as a result they were fearful of approaching the front door. The man's frantic wife invited officers inside where they encountered an alarming situation with the man upstairs shouting aggressively.
When he came downstairs, police tried to de-escalate the situation by speaking in a calm voice. Verbal de-escalation was unsuccessful. The man demanded police leave the house then he assaulted an officer and began pushing him toward the door. Officers attempted to apprehend the man but he resisted and began to fight. The man was taken into custody under the Mental Health Act and admitted to hospital. Neither the man nor the officers were physically injured during the incident.
South Simcoe Police Service officers undergo extensive training in de-escalation techniques and arrest procedures. In this instance, a violent situation was successfully resolved without anyone getting physically hurt. Our COAST Team, comprised of an officer and a mental health crisis worker, will be following up on this occurrence.
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