News Release
SIU Terminates Investigation in Mississauga after Determining Police Administration of Naloxone did not Contribute to Man’s Death
Case Number: 18-OCD-106
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The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated the investigation into the death of a 45-year-old man earlier this month in Mississauga.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on April 5, 2018, a call was made to 911 – from a storage locker in the area of Derry Road East and Rexwood Drive – reporting that a man was in medical distress. The 911 caller said he had administered naloxone and was performing CPR. Peel Regional Police officers arrived minutes later and commenced CPR on the man and administered Narcan nasal spray. When paramedics arrived, they took over treatment. The man was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:14 a.m. on April 6, 2018.
Director Loparco said, “Our preliminary inquiries determined that the officers’ contact with the man consisted solely of attempting to save his life and their actions in no way contributed to his death. Accordingly, I have terminated this investigation.”
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