Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) has charged a Brockville police officer with assault for the second time in under a year.
According to the SIU, on July 31, Brockville police were called to an apartment building on Cartier Court for a domestic disturbance.
The SIU says that once police entered the apartment, officers became involved in an “interaction” with a 31-year-old man.
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The man was arrested and brought to the police station. He later complained that he was in pain, and was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a serious injury.
After investigating the incident, the SIU announced Friday that Const. Jordan Latham has been charged with assault causing serious bodily harm.
This is Latham’s second charge in under a year. He was also charged with the assault of a 59-year-old Brockville man in May 2020, which was allegedly caught on video and sent to Global News.
