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Notice of Correction to Director’s Report

Case Number: 25-OCI-330   

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SIU Concludes Investigation into Kitchener Arrest

Mississauga, ON (6 January, 2026) ---
Please be advised that a Director’s Report for case 25-OCI-330, published on December 22, 2025, has been amended to correct two errors.

Firstly, the initial date under Records Obtained from Other Sources has been corrected from August 2, 2025, to August 27, 2025. Secondly, in the fourth paragraph of the Analysis and Director’s Decision, it has been corrected from: “The officer had reason to believe that the SO was violent and had access to weapons” to “The officer had reason to believe that the Complainant was violent and had access to weapons.”

The SIU regrets the errors.
 
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision): 

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The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (municipal, regional and provincial police officers, police officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, 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

Monica Hudon, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES