News Release
SIU Investigating Custody Death in Ottawa
Case Number: 12-OCD-364
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Mississauga (14 December, 2012) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 47-year-old male in Ottawa last night.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
• At approximately 9:15p.m. on Thursday, December 13, 2012, Ottawa Police Service officers responded to an apartment building at 2651 Regina Street;
• Upon arrival, they interacted with the male in an apartment on the 12th floor;
• At approximately 9:35p.m. the man fell from a window.
The SIU has assigned four investigators and two forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of this incident. A post mortem is scheduled for this afternoon in Toronto.
Anyone with information or who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1886 or 1-800-787-8529 ext. 1886.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.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