News Release

News Release

SIU Investigating Injuries Sustained by Man in Brantford

Case Number: 15-OCI-067   

Mississauga (13 April, 2015) --- Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the injuries sustained by a 29-year-old man in Brantford this weekend.

Preliminary information indicates the following:

• Shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday, April 11, 2015, officers with the Brantford Police Service responded to a home on Raleigh Street;
• Once on scene, officers located the man and communicated with him;
• A short while later, the man sustained injuries to his neck. A conducted energy weapon was deployed by an officer and the man was apprehended;
• He was transported via ambulance to Brantford General Hospital. 

The SIU has assigned three investigators and one forensic investigator to look into the incident.

Anyone who may have information regarding this case is asked to contact the lead investigator at 416-622-1886 or 1-800-787-8529 ext. 1886.

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