News Release
SIU Investigating Arrest of Man following Scuffle Outside a Toronto Nightclub
Case Number: 17-TCI-264
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SIU Investigation Determines Arrest of Man in Toronto Entertainment District was Justified
- Around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 16, 2017, an 18-year-old man was involved in an altercation with security staff at a nightclub on Pearl Street.
- Toronto Police Service officers arrested the man.
- During the arrest, the man suffered an arm injury. He was treated at hospital.
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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