News Release
Deployment of CEW on Man Armed with Knives was not Factor in Death; No Criminal Charges Warranted in Relation to Toronto Interaction
Case Number: 16-TCD-276
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SIU Investigating Death following Interaction between Man and Toronto Police Officers
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against a Toronto Police Service officer in relation to the death of a 31-year-old man in November of 2016 during his interaction with police. Just after noon on this date, 911 was made aware of a man outside his residence, screaming and waving two large knives around. After police made numerous demands for the man to put the knives down, a conducted energy weapon was discharged three times. The man was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=3250
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.
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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