News Release
Man Sustained Injury When he Struck Cell Wall in Oshawa Courthouse; SIU Terminates Investigation
Case Number: 18-OCI-287
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into the serious injury sustained by a 28-year-old man last month in Oshawa.
On September 25, 2018, the man was at a courthouse in Oshawa for a bail hearing. Following the bail hearing, he was escorted to a cell. As soon as the handcuffs were removed, the man punched a wall several times. He was transported to hospital for treatment of a broken wrist.
Director Loparco said, “The evidence shows the man’s injury was self-inflicted. As such, 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