News Release
No Grounds for Charges against OPP Officer; Complainant Drove across Two Lanes of Highway before Colliding with Cruiser
Case Number: 16-PVI-198
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has decided there are no reasonable grounds to believe an Ontario Provincial Police officer drove dangerously in an incident that occurred on the northbound ramp of Highway 400 in July 2016. Instead, the Director found the collision was the result of the Complainant’s last minute maneuver to veer unexpectedly across two lanes of traffic.
The Director’s Report was delivered to the Attorney General, as is required by law under the Police Services Act. The Attorney General has directed that the document be posted online. It can be found at /en/directors_report_details.php?drid=3340.
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
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SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES