Peter Campbell, 34, died on April 2 after Peel Regional Police officers responded to a call from his brother that he was experiencing a mental health crisis.
Ontario's police watchdog has cleared a Peel Region officer of any potential criminal wrongdoing in the death of a 34-year-old man in the midst of a mental health crisis last year.Peter Campbell, 34, was declared dead in hospital shortly after he was arrested by Peel police in a Brampton apartment building on April 2, 2023.
The officers then observed Campbell was "going purple" and losing consciousness. Both the officers and responding paramedics attempted to revive Campbell using CPR, but he was declared dead at Brampton Civic Hospital a short time later. Martino also found the responding officers were advised by witnesses at the scene Campbell sometimes had episodes after using crack cocaine, though it was unclear if he had used the drug that night.
Jason Campbell, pictured here with his sister Michelle Campbell, said he asked police to only send paramedics to treat his brother Peter on the night of his death. In a report, the SIU said it was protocol that Peter would need to be subdued and handcuffed before paramedics could safely attend to him.
According to the pathologist that autopsied Campbell, his cause of death was the "toxic effects of cocaine, fentanyl, and bromazolam in the setting of prone restraint with compression of the thorax in an obese man," the report said. Bromazolam is a designer sedative with effects similar to other benzodiazepines.
"With all this in mind, the had a difficult decision to make and only seconds in which to make it," Martino wrote.
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