News Release
SIU Investigates Death in Chatham
Case Number: 13-OCD-123
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Mississauga (17 May, 2013) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding a police involved death in Chatham at approximately 3:40 p.m. today.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
• At approximately 3:36 p.m. members of the Chatham-Kent Police Service were investigating a man in the area of Richmond Street and Byne Avenue;
• The man made his way to the railroad tracks north of Richmond Street and was struck and killed by a Via train.
The SIU has assigned four investigators and two forensic investigators to probe the circumstances of this incident.
Anyone who may have information regarding this case is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-2038 or 1-800-787-8529 ext. 2038.
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