News Release

SIU Investigating Toronto Arrest; Appealing for Witnesses

Case Number: 16-TCI-162   

Mississauga, ON (23 June, 2016) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is appealing for witnesses to an arrest in Toronto that ended with a 19-year-old man suffering serious injuries.

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • Close to 4:45 p.m. on June 21, 2016, an undercover Toronto Police officer was conducting an investigation on Kendleton Drive near Opal Court.
  • The police officer had an interaction with two men outside a home.
  • With the assistance of other police officers, both men were arrested.
  • A 19-year-old man was transported to Etobicoke General Hospital and treated for serious facial injuries.      
    
The SIU has designated two subject officers and two witness officers as part of this investigation.

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

The SIU believes there may be numerous witnesses to the arrest and the Unit 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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