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SIU Concludes Investigation in Cambridge

Case Number: 08-OVI-067   

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SIU Investigates Injury in Cambridge

TORONTO (1 May, 2008) --- The Director of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), James Cornish, has determined that the injuries sustained by a man during a police investigation on April 24, 2008 in Cambridge do not fall within the SIU's mandate.

On April 24, 2008, at 6:35 p.m. an officer from the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) arrested a 23-year-old man for an alleged criminal offence. After the arrest the man complained of an injury. The SIU began an investigation, but later determined that the injuries were not serious enough for the SIU to continue with it.

Director Cornish said, "The injuries the man received were not serious according to the definition employed by the SIU and therefore this investigation is terminated."

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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