Hamilton police defend actions during encounter with man suffering epileptic seizure in city centre
“I feel like cops shouldn’t be called into a medical distress situation,” said Chevrier.“They never handle it properly.”
In a statement to Global News, Hamilton police said one officer suffered a concussion as a result of what happened and claimed the “officers’ actions were appropriate to the situation they faced.”Charles says police and paramedics, like his fellow store employees, knew he had epilepsy and maintains he posed no threat to anyone.
“I thought they were trained professionals and they knew what seizure and epilepsy and all this stuff,” he said.Cynthia Milburn, CEO of Epilepsy South Central Ontario, shared Charles’ characterization of the incident and suggested none of what happened was his fault.Her concern lies with both paramedics and police apparently not being able to handle the breakdown.“I believe police have some training on this, and they were actually told it was a seizure.
Charles says his employer and fellow employees have been supportive, but says their call to paramedics leading to a call for police has been very costly.
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