News Release

SIU Terminates Marathon Investigation as No Serious Injury Sustained

Case Number: 17-PCI-265   

Mississauga, ON (27 July, 2018) ---
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into an interaction that occurred in January of 2017 between a 40-year-old man and officers with the Ontario Provincial Police Marathon detachment.  The SIU was made aware of this incident in September of 2017.

On January 25, 2017, officers were dispatched to a home in Marathon in relation to a domestic situation. A short time later, the 40-year-old man became involved in a struggle with the officers. He was subsequently arrested, and then taken to the OPP detachment where he was lodged in a cell. When the man was released, he went to the hospital.

Director Loparco said, “The medical evidence indicates the man did not suffer a serious injury. As such, I have terminated the investigation into this incident.”

The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must

  • consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
  • depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
  • publicly report the results of its investigations

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