News Release
Man’s Injury Caused by Own Actions; SIU Terminates Windsor Investigation
Case Number: 18-OCI-018
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into the arrest of a 35-year-old man last month in Windsor.
At approximately 11 p.m. on January 24, 2018, the man was on Partington Avenue when he was arrested by Windsor Police Service officers for criminal offences. While at the police station, the man complained of wrist pain, and said he fell down a set of stairs earlier in the day. The man was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a wrist injury.
Director Loparco said, “The evidence establishes the man’s injury resulted from an accident prior to the arrival of 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