HILLSIDE - Pictou County RCMP deployed their firearms in response to a person in distress, equipped with a gun, in his Hillside home. The Nova Scotia RCMP ...
The Nova Scotia RCMP posted on social media that they were on scene of an unfolding situation at Pictou Landing Road in Hillside on Sept. 12 at 6:36 p.m. - ContributedHILLSIDE - Pictou County RCMP deployed their firearms in response to a person in distress, equipped with a gun, in his Hillside home.
“The person was inside the home alone; they weren’t a threat to anyone but themselves,” Marshall said. When asked why firearms were deployed in this case, Marshall said it would've been a decision made by officers for their own protection. He also said deployed is different than drawn - deployed means they were on the officer's person, but pointed at the ground.
"If you think about how if that person starts shooting through the windows at our officers, how are our officers going to respond? What tool are they going to use in order to try and respond to deal with the threat that is being presented to them so that nobody else gets hurt from a distance outside the house," explained Marshall.
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