News Release
SIU Terminates Investigation in Windsor; Man did not Sustain Serious Injury
Case Number: 17-OCI-250
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into an interaction that occurred in September of 2017 between a 19-year-old man and Windsor Police Service (WPS) officers.
In the early hours of September 10, 2017, WPS officers initiated a traffic stop on Beals Street, near Woodland Avenue, as a person of interest (the 19-year-old man) was believed to be in the vehicle. The man eventually exited the vehicle. In the course of arresting the man, there was an interaction between him and a police officer. The man sustained an injury to his face, but refused medical treatment. He was arrested and charged with several offences.
Director Tony Loparco said, “The evidence shows the man did not sustain a serious injury. As such, I have terminated the investigation into this incident.”
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