An instructor at the Ontario Police College in Aylmer has been charged after a gun was discharged during a training exercise, provincial police say.
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Elgin OPP responded to a report of a negligent discharge of a firearm during a training session at the college on Oct. 13, police said Thursday. Nobody was injured.
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Katherine Williams, 56, an instructor at the college, is charged with careless use of a firearm, police said. She is scheduled to appear in court in St. Thomas on Nov. 14.
Williams was a police officer in Thunder Bay for 30 years before becoming a full-time instructor at the Southwestern Ontario police college in January 2019, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Williams, an experienced instructor in defensive tactics and firearms who left the Thunder Bay force in June, is an instructor in the rapid deployment unit, her profile says.
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