News Release

No Reasonable Grounds to Charge Police Officer in Relation to Minesing Arrest

Case Number: 19-PCI-064   

Mississauga, ON (3 December, 2019) ---
 On March 30, 2019, OPP officers were dispatched to a residence in Minesing after a woman reported that her husband had threatened to kill her and their children. Once the wife and children were safely removed from the home, officers continued their attempts to reach out to the man. Hours later, officers entered the residence with a police dog and the man was located. The man suffered a fractured left rib and dog bites in the course of an altercation with police officers that marked his arrest. The Interim Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges in this case.

Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.php. 

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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