The Province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says it will not charge an OPP officer after a man was bitten by a police dog during an arrest in Lion’s Head.
The SIU says in the early afternoon of April 14, 2026, OPP officers entered a home in Lion’s Head to arrest a 59-year-old man who was believed to be in the home in contravention of a court order.
They say upon opening a second-floor bedroom door, an officer was confronted by the man pointing a bow and arrow in his direction.
Officers took cover. The SIU says, after the man refused repeated commands to surrender, a police service dog was deployed into the room.
As the dog bit and held onto the man’s right arm, an officer fired several rounds from his Anti-riot Weapon Enfield (ARWEN), which uses less lethal ammunition at the man, and conducted energy weapons (Tasers) were discharged.
The man was arrested and taken to hospital for treatment of a serious dog bite wound to the right arm.
On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that an officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the man’s arrest and injury.