News Release

Injury Caused when Woman Ran into Side of Police Cruiser; SIU Terminates Toronto Investigation

Case Number: 18-TCI-114   

Mississauga, ON (4 May, 2018) ---
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into the serious injury sustained by a 51-year-old woman last month in Toronto.

At approximately 10 a.m. on April 12, 2018, the woman parked in a lot on the north-east corner of Sheppard Avenue East and Bayview Avenue. She had to get to the YMCA located at the south-east corner of that same intersection. Instead of going to the intersection to cross the road, the woman ran across the traffic lanes of Sheppard Avenue East and into the side of a silver unmarked Toronto Police Service vehicle. The woman fell onto the roadway on her back. The officer exited the vehicle to assist the woman and she requested paramedics attend. The woman was transported to hospital where she was diagnosed with a fractured vertebrae. 
  
Director Loparco said, “The woman’s injury was caused by her running into the street and inadvertently into the side of a police cruiser. Her actions and injury had nothing to do with the officer’s actions or driving. 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

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