News Release
No Criminal Charges in Relation to Injuries Sustained by Man in Caledon Collision
Case Number: 17-PVI-207
In the afternoon hours of August 10, 2017, an individual reported to 911 that a Lamborghini was being driven southbound on Highway 10 at a high rate of speed. An Ontario Provincial Police officer with the Caledon detachment located the vehicle and pursued it, but then pulled his cruiser onto the shoulder of the road after losing sight of the vehicle. The officer started his cruiser up again. In the area of McLaughlin Road and Boston Mills Road, the officer located the Lamborghini in a ditch. The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against the officer in relation to the serious injury sustained by the 32-year-old driver of the vehicle.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=3011
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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