Hamilton police have been cleared by the Special Investigations Unit of any wrongdoing in connection with the death of a man earlier this year.
On the morning of April 2, a number of Hamilton police officers were called to a home for reports of a disturbance and found a 45-year-old man almost entirely naked on the roof.
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The SIU report says the man’s wife indicated that she thought her husband may be suffering from a cocaine-induced psychosis.
With officers present, the man tried to climb onto an adjacent roof but fell to the ground and later died in hospital from a brain bleed.
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The acting director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against Hamilton police in relation to the man’s death.
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