News Release
SIU Appealing for Witnesses to Toronto Incident
Case Number: 15-TCI-050
Mississauga (25 March, 2015) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is appealing for witnesses to an interaction that occurred yesterday between a 21-year-old man and Toronto Police Service officers.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
- At approximately 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, three officers – who were riding bicycles and wearing yellow jackets – interacted with a man at the southeast corner of Gerrard Avenue East and George Street;
- An altercation ensued and the man was arrested;
- He was taken to St. Michael’s Hospital for treatment of an arm injury.
Anyone who may have witnessed this incident is asked to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or at 416-622-0748. Please quote case # 15-TCI-050.
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