News Release
SIU Terminates Scarborough Investigation
Case Number: 18-TCI-292
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into an incident that occurred last month in Scarborough.
At approximately 3 a.m. on October 2, 2018, Toronto Police Service officers responded to the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Kitchener Road to investigate a report of an individual stealing items from parked vehicles. When officers located a man of interest, the 57-year-old man fled from officers and entered an apartment building. He made his way to a second-floor apartment unit, and then proceeded to jump from the apartment balcony to the ground below. The man was apprehended by police and then transported to hospital for treatment of a serious arm injury.
Director Loparco said, “The man’s injury was caused from his own decision to jump from a second-floor balcony and not because of any action or conduct on the part of police. 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