News Release
SIU Terminates Guelph Death Investigation
Case Number: 18-OOD-201
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The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated the investigation into the July 2018 death of a 28-year-old man in Guelph.
At approximately 11:15 p.m. on July 5, 2018, a City of Guelph security officer located an unresponsive man inside a washroom of the Guelph Railway Station. The security officer requested that police officers attend. Within minutes, two Guelph Police Service officers arrived and they began to perform CPR on the man. One of the officers administered Narcan nasal spray. When paramedics arrived, they took over treatment of the man and transported him to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Director Loparco said, “The evidence is clear that none of the involved officers contributed to the man’s death in any way. 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