Donovan files $2-million lawsuit against NRP, Parker

Niagara Regional Police Det. Sgt. Shane Donovan, who was involved in a 2018 cop-on-cop shooting in Pelham, near St. Catharines, has filed a $2-million lawsuit against the NRP, the police services board and the officer he shot, Const. Nathan Parker.

Donovan is asking for $500,000 in general damages, $500,000 in special damages, and $1 million in punitive damages.

It reads, in part, the NRP failed to properly discipline the defendant Parker on previous occurrences when they knew, or ought to have known he was dangerous and violent."

The lawsuit also contains a detailed account of the shooting.

The allegations have yet to be proven in court. Neither the service nor Parker has filed a statement of defence.

More to come.

Bill Sawchuk is a St. Catharines-based reporter with the Standard. Reach him via email: william.sawchuk@niagaradailies.com