News Release
SIU Terminates Investigation in Sudbury after Determining Injuries not Serious
Case Number: 18-OCI-074
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into an interaction that occurred in March of 2018 between a 44-year-old woman and Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) officers.
At approximately 11:30 a.m. on March 11, 2018, GSPS officers attended a residence in the area of Bancroft Drive and Kingsway for a suicide call. Upon arrival, the officers formed grounds to apprehend the woman under the Mental Health Act. When the woman would not go with the officers, she was grounded and then handcuffed. She was then transported to hospital.
Director Loparco said, “The medical evidence establishes the woman did not sustain a serious injury. 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