News Release

News Release

SIU Investigating Serious Injury Suffered by Man in Belleville

Case Number: 18-OCI-001   

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Mississauga, ON (9 January, 2018) ---
The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding an injury sustained by a 60-year-old man last month in Belleville. 

Preliminary information suggests the following:
  • At approximately 7:30 p.m. on December 31, 2017, officers with the Belleville Police Service responded to an apartment building in the area of Moira Street West and Sidney Street after receiving a call.
  • There was an interaction between a man and police officers in an apartment unit. 
  • The man was taken to Belleville General Hospital and later transferred to Kingston General Hospital, for treatment of a serious injury. 

Two investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to this incident. At this time, once subject officer and three witness officers have been designated.

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 has been negatively affected by an incident under SIU investigation and would like support, the Affected Persons Program is here to help. You can reach us at 1-877-641-1897. Support is free, confidential, and available 24/7, every day of the year.

The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (municipal, regional and provincial police officers, police officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, 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