News Release
Young Woman Jumped out of Window to Avoid Police; SIU Terminates Hamilton Investigation
Case Number: 18-OCI-012
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into the serious injury sustained by a 16-year-old female last month in Hamilton.
At approximately 9 p.m. on January 18, 2018, Hamilton Police Service officers attended a residence in Stoney Creek in relation to a domestic matter. When one of the officers went to the bedroom of the 16-year-old, it was locked. Attempts to communicate with the young woman were unsuccessful. A short time later, the young woman jumped from the 2nd floor window and landed on the ground below. She was transported by ambulance to hospital for treatment of a serious injury.
Director Loparco said, “The young woman’s injury occurred when she decided to jump out of her 2nd floor window to avoid contact with the police. Accordingly, 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