News Release
SIU Called Following Arrest Involving Toronto Emergency Task Force Officers
Case Number: 16-TCI-034
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- Around 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, February 6, 2016, Toronto Police officers attended a rooming house on Warden Avenue just north of Danforth Avenue. The officers were investigating an assault.
- There, the officers located an injured 58-year-old man. He was transported to hospital.
- Emergency Task Officers attended the scene, and around 1:00 a.m. this morning, officers entered a room inside the rooming house. Two conducted energy weapons (CEWs) were deployed.
- A 27-year-old man was arrested and transported to hospital with a leg injury.
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