News Release

News Release

SIU Investigating Toronto Police in Relation to Injury Sustained by Man in Mississauga

Case Number: 17-TCI-368   

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Mississauga, ON (19 December, 2017) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding a serious injury sustained this evening by a man in Mississauga. 

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • Shortly before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, Toronto Police Service officers began following a vehicle in the area of Fairview Road West and Hanson Road. Police had information that an occupant in the vehicle had been involved in a bank robbery.
  • On Hurontario Street, at Rathburn Road, the vehicle became involved in a collision with four other vehicles. The man fled from the vehicle, but was soon after arrested.
  • He was transported to hospital for treatment of a serious injury.

Four investigators, two forensic investigators and one collision reconstructionist have been assigned to this incident.

The SIU is urging anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529. The Unit is also urging anyone who may have any video evidence related to this incident to upload that video through the SIU website.

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