News Release

SIU Probing Incident in Sarnia where Man Sustains Arm Injury

Case Number: 16-OCI-137   

Mississauga, ON (1 June, 2016) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is examining the circumstances surrounding an incident in Sarnia where a 28-year-old man suffered a serious arm injury.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • Close to 7:00 p.m. on May 31, Sarnia Police Service received a call for assistance at an apartment at 835 Devine Street.
  • An officer arrived and interacted with a 28-year-old man.
  • Officers from the Emergency Response Team also attended the apartment.
  • At some point during the interaction, more than one conducted energy weapon was deployed.
  • The man was arrested, taken to the Bluewater Health, and is being treated for an arm injury.     
    
One subject officer has been designated as part of this investigation.

Three investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to this incident.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529.

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

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