News Release
SIU Concludes Investigation into Man Seriously Injured While in Brampton Cell
Case Number: 24-OCI-470
The Special Investigations Unit found no reasonable grounds to believe a Peel Regional Police officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the fractured left orbital bone suffered by a 33-year-old man in Brampton. On November 5, 2024, the man was located using a cellphone moments after he was placed in a cell at 22 Division. Officers asked the man to provide them the phone and the man refused. Officers entered the cell to forcibly remove it. The man grabbed an officer’s collar and the officer punched the man two or three times in his chest.
Director Joseph Martino found the evidence showed the man grabbed hold of an officer’s collar. When he did that, the officer was entitled to defend himself, and the subject official was entitled to assist.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):
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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Monica Hudon, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES