The suspect tried to flee from an officer and was struck by a passing vehicle on Bank Street in April

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Ontario’s police oversight agency has ruled that an Ottawa Police Service officer did not commit a criminal offence in connection with the arrest and injury of a female suspect who was struck by a passing vehicle while attempting to flee. Article content

In a report dated Aug. 11, Special Investigations Unit director Joseph Martino wrote that there were no questions about either the April 20 arrest — the suspect was the subject of two warrants — or the minimal force used to eventually secure handcuffs. Article content Article content

The officer who was the subject of the inquiry and her partner had been driving north on Bank Street when they spotted the suspect a

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