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'Poor judgment' leads to 2 cop

The Quebec Police Ethics Commission has ordered that two police officers be suspended without pay following an accident that injured two Montreal women.

S�ret� du Qu�bec Constable St�phane Sasseville was suspended for 30 days for the charges involving each woman, to be served concurrently, for not using his patrol car with care while rushing to an accident on Nov. 27, 2004.

At the corner of Ferrier St. and D�carie Blvd., his car collided with a Honda, resulting in serious injuries to Sharon Rozen-Aspler and lesser ones to Paula Glazer.

Sasseville, who was drivin... Read more

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21 October 2006

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Death of man in Milford police

MILFORD, Conn. --Authorities are investigating the death of a man who died Thursday night in Milford police custody, a few hours after he was shocked twice with a stun gun during his arrest.

Nicholas Brown, 24, of Stratford was pronounced dead in Milford Hospital's emergency room about five hours after officers shocked him with a Taser gun, police said.

Brown, who had a history of drug arrests, also swallowed a small amount of marijuana before he became ill, police said.

An autopsy was completed Friday, but the results and cause of death are not expected to be available for at least six weeks.

Officers were called to the Red Roof Inn on Thursday when a clerk reported that Brown was sleeping in a car outside with a pit bull, police said.

Officers first used the stun gun when he tried to run away, and they worried that officers could be hurt by the dog, police said. Brown was shocked with the Taser again when he kept reaching into his pockets and would not remove his hands, causing officers to believe he might be carrying a weapon, police said.

While being held on charges of interfering with officers and tampering with evidence, Brown began sweating profusely and appeared ill, Milford police Officer Vaughan Dumas told the Connecticut Post and New Haven Register.

Brown went into cardiac arrest in the ambulance and could not be revived, police said.

Officers who used the Taser on Brown followed the department's use of force guidelines, Dumas said.

"We've never had an incident like this," he said.

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Death of man in Milford police

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Boston Globe - United States
21 October 2006