News Release
SIU Investigating Injuries to Man in Collingwood
Case Number: 18-PCI-302
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No Basis to Lay Charges in Relation to Collingwood Interaction
- At approximately 8:30 a.m. on October 8, 2018, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers attended an apartment building on Ontario Street to check on the well-being of a 30-year-old man.
- When the man refused to come out of his room at the request of officers, the officers left the apartment unit. OPP tactical officers were dispatched.
- Around 11:30 a.m., tactical officers entered a firetruck telescopic aerial basket and were lifted to the apartment window. At the same time, other tactical officers entered the unit from inside the apartment building.
- Multiple officers fired plastic projectiles from an Anti Riot Weapon ENfield (ARWEN) at the man.
- Shortly after, the man fell from an apartment window to the ground below.
- He was transported to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries, and was then taken to Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.php
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