SIU investigating use of anti-riot weapon during Brantford arrest
An ARWEN (Anti-Riot Weapon Enfield) is displayed in this file image. (Ontario's Special Investigations Unit)
Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after police in Brantford used an anti-riot weapon against a 51-year-old man, leaving him seriously injured.
The Special Investigations Unit says enforcement officers who went to a home to issue an eviction notice yesterday afternoon encountered a man with an edged weapon.
Police were called and officers tried negotiated with the man for several hours before firing an Anti-Riot Weapon ENfield multiple times at him.
The man was arrested and taken to hospital.
The anti-riot weapon, also known as ARWEN, can be used to fire a variety of less lethal munitions, like plastic bullets, batons and tear gas.
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