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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, March 31, 2016 | 22 For more news, visit www.insidehaltoncom/oakville-on Gun fired by continued from p.5 accident -- no one was hurt Twelve of the 13 times a police gun was fired last year was for putting down injured or suffering animals, say police. The other time a gun was fired was deemed an accidental discharge; at the Oakville police station in July 2015. Deputy Chief Crowe told Metroland Media West a male constable was unloading his pistol at a safety station in the personnel locker area, where that duty is normally done, when one bullet was unintentionally fired. "It's fairly rare," she said. No one was injured. Crowe said there was an investigation and action taken but wouldn't say if the officer was disciplined in any way. Besides Taser and firearm use in 2015, police services board members also heard about figures for the other primary forms of use of force: physical control (soft and hard); expandable baton; and pepper spray. Soft control techniques were utilized 27 times in 2015, up from 19 instances in 2014. It was successful in controlling a subject in 16 incidents last year. Soft control can include joint locks and defensive blocking. Hard control means were reported 20 times in 2015, up from 18 in 2014. They were successful in controlling a subject 17 of the 20 times last year. Hard control usually involves hand or leg strikes or grounding techniques. Soft and hard control usage is only reported if either an officer and/or a member of the public is injured. Pepper spray was used six times in 2015, almost half of the 11 occurrences in 2014. It was successful in subduing a subject in each instance last year. ".... This is generally a high success rate for a force option that relies solely on pain to achieve compliance...," states the use of force report's analysis of the pepper spray stats. There were no reported uses of a baton in 2015. There were three in 2014 and a high of 10 in 2011. PREPARED Pipeline Pipeline companies companies have have a goal goal of of zero zero incidents, incidents, however however incidents incidents do do occur from time to time. Which is why we are prepared 24/7. Pipeline companies have stringent emergency response procedures, conduct regular inspections and work together for efficient incident response to protect Canadians and reduce impacts to the environment. Delivering Canada's energy. Every day. Learn more about our preparedness measures at: aboutpipelines.com R0013520314-1112