News Release
SIU Appealing for Witnesses to Interaction between Man and Windsor Police Service Officers
Case Number: 17-OCI-279
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Criminal Charges not Warranted in Relation to Arrest of Man in Windsor
- At approximately 9:45 p.m. on Thursday, September 28, 2017, plainclothes officers with the Windsor Police Service located the man in the parking lot of an apartment building at 333 Glengarry Avenue. The man was wanted on outstanding arrest warrants.
- There was an interaction, and the man taken into custody and transported to the police station.
- He was later transported to hospital where he was diagnosed with a serious 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