After looking into a complaint that a police officer had pointed their service weapon at someone, Nova Scotia s Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) has determined it was just a misunderstanding.
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A Michigan woman is the first in the nation to be charged criminally with misappropriating money from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Feb. 11.
[1] Amina Abbas of Taylor previously owned 1 on 1 Home Health, which she shuttered in early 2020 after Medicare hit her with a $1.620 million overpayment demand because the home health agency had billed Medicare for patients who didn’t qualify for home health care, DOJ alleged. “According to the indictment, 1 on 1, which was never operational during the pandemic, received approximately $37,656.95 designated for the medical treatment and care of COVID-19 patients,” and Abbas gave the money to her family members for personal use, DOJ alleged. She was charged with embezzlement of government property in the Eastern District of Michigan. In an unrelated case, a California ambulatory surgery center recently entered into a civil monetary penalty settlement
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020
Tasers fire darts with wires attached to them. The wires deliver an electric shock to a person, temporarily immobilising them. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette/Canadian Press)
In the hands of police, stun guns like Tasers are designed to save lives, but when the weapons don t incapacitate someone there can be fatal consequences from officers using lethal force to a person continuing to harm themselves.
In New Brunswick and in Nova Scotia, at least two people have died in recent years after the weapons didn t immobilize them.
Nova Scotia RCMP say stun guns are effective 87 per cent of the time at making a person comply with police orders, including instances when the weapon is simply drawn and not fired. Last year, its officers in the province drew their stun guns 59 times, firing them in 17 cases.