Closing submissions heard in Daniel Legarde inquest
NIPIGON, Ont. – Counsel for all parties in the coroner’s inquest into the death of Daniel Legarde, who was shot by a Nipigon Ontario Provincial Police officer in 2016, agree that the evidence shows his manner of death was homicide.
According to the evidence, Legarde had a knife and officers first used a taser, but it had no effect. An OPP officer then discharged a firearm at Legarde when he began to approach with the knife raised, striking him in the abdomen. He was transported to the hospital in Nipigon where he died of his wounds.
A joint set of recommendations was also shared with the jury, which focused largely on updating and expanding training for police officers in relation to intimate partner violence calls, Indigenous-specific training and relationship building, and de-escalation. Use of force experts who testified at the inquest earlier this week said several options existed for the officers to de-escalate the situation prior to using lethal force. This included creating distance from Legarde and then utilizing verbal de-escalation techniques.
Charney argued that policing is a complicated career and there are many different areas where officers are required to be proficient, such as the criminal code, technical skills, and legal issues.
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