An Ontario group is calling for mandatory police training around epilepsy following an episode in Hamilton which saw a man who had just had a seizure get Tasered by police.
Paramedics were called to the store for assistance when an employee, Marcus Charles, started having a seizure.
While police have not released the full video of the incident, Canadian Epilepsy Alliance President and Epilepsy South Central Ontario CEO Cynthia Milburn says there's a good chance the situation might have been resolved differently if both police and paramedics had stronger training around epilepsy.
Police training, she said, tends to focus on officers gaining control of a situation. However in the case of someone having a seizure, the most important thing to do is to reassure them and try to keep them from harming themselves until it is over.
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