News Release
SIU Finds no Evidence that Peel Police Officers Used Excessive Force when Assisting to Restrain Man in Hospital
Case Number: 17-OCI-221
On August 21, 2017, Peel Regional Police (PRP) officers were dispatched to the Pearson International Airport to investigate a passenger who was behaving strangely. Due to his erratic behavior and him indicating that he had ingested LSD, the man was transported to an Etobicoke hospital by ambulance. While hospital staff and police officers made attempts to restrain the man in order to provide him with treatment, the man sustained a serious injury. The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against a PRP officer in relation to the injury.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=3026
The Director’s Report was delivered to the Attorney General, as is required by law under the Police Services Act. The Attorney General has directed that the document be posted online.
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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