News Release
OPP Officer Charged in Relation to Plympton-Wyoming Vehicle Injury
Case Number: 13-PVI-229
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Mississauga (12 March, 2014) --- The Director of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Tony Loparco, has reasonable grounds to believe that an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Lambton detachment committed a criminal offence in relation to an injury sustained by a 25-year-old woman in a September 2013 incident. Director Loparco has caused a charge to be laid against the officer.
The SIU investigation determined that on September 14, 2013, OPP officers attempted to stop a vehicle being operated by a 29-year-old male. The vehicle did not stop and went into a ditch on Camlachie Road, south of Confederation Line. A 25-year-old female passenger in the vehicle sustained a serious injury in the incident.
As a result of the SIU investigation, OPP Constable Kevin Brown is facing one charge of Dangerous Driving Causing Bodily Harm, contrary to s. 249(3) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
The officer is compelled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice at 700 North Christina Street in Sarnia on April 28, 2014. The Justice Prosecutions branch of the Ministry of the Attorney General will have carriage of the prosecution.
As this matter is now before the courts, and in consideration of the fair trial interests of the charged officer and the community, the SIU will make no further comment pertaining to this investigation.
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