News Release
SIU Appealing for Witnesses to Incident in Brampton
Case Number: 14-OCI-214
Mississauga (23 September, 2014) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is appealing for witnesses to an incident in which a 36-year-old man suffered a serious injury.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
- At approximately 12:10 a.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2014, the man was riding his bicycle at the intersection of Queen Street and Kennedy Road, in Brampton.
- He suffered a serious injury as a result of an interaction with a Peel Regional Police Service officer and was taken to Brampton Civic Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
The SIU has assigned four investigators and one forensic investigator to probe the circumstances of this incident. Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator 1-800-787-8529 ext. 2290 or 416-622-2290.
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