News Release
SIU Terminates Investigation into Woman’s Death at Cambridge Motel
Case Number: 18-OOD-309
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The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into the death of a 41-year-old woman last month in Cambridge.
In the early morning hours of October 21, 2018, a man called 911 from a motel room and informed that his girlfriend had gone into medical distress. While on the phone with the communicator, the man administered naloxone to his girlfriend. Soon after, Waterloo Regional Police officers attended the Hespeler Road motel. One officer commenced CPR on the woman, and another officer administered naloxone to her. Upon arriving, Emergency Medical Services took over care of the woman. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Director Loparco said, “The evidence establishes that the woman was probably deceased before the officers arrived on scene and that their actions in no way contributed to her death. Accordingly, 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