News Release
SIU Investigating after Man Sustains Injuries in Brampton
Case Number: 16-OCI-267
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the injuries sustained by a 32-year-old man this morning in Brampton.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- At approximately 4:15 a.m. on Friday, October 28, 2016, officers with Peel Regional Police Service noticed a tractor trailer near the intersection of Kimbel Street and Torbram Road in Mississauga. Officers followed the tractor trailer.
- In the area of Steeles Avenue West and McLaughlin Road South in Brampton, the officers attempted to stop the truck. In the process, there was a collision between one cruiser and the truck.
- Shortly after the driver of the truck was removed from the vehicle, he was bitten on the leg by a police dog. At some point during the interaction, a conducted energy weapon was deployed.
- The driver of the truck was taken to Brampton Civic Hospital for treatment of a dog bite injury and for a neck injury.
Five investigators, two forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to investigate this incident.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation 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