News Release
SIU Terminates Newmarket Investigation as No Serious Injury Sustained
Case Number: 18-OCI-307
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has terminated an investigation into an October 2018 interaction that occurred between a 30-year-old man and officers with York Regional Police (YRP).
On October 18, 2018, YRP officers attempted to arrest the man for a firearm related offence at a residence on Wilbur Pipher Circle in Newmarket. The man fled into the home leading officers to contain the area. Sometime later the man was apprehended as he climbed out of a basement window of the residence. During the arrest he complained of pain in his ankle and was taken to hospital for treatment.
Director Loparco said, “The medical evidence confirms that the man did not suffer a serious injury. 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