News Release
No Charges to Issue in Relation to Belleville Interaction
Case Number: 18-OCI-001
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SIU Investigating Serious Injury Suffered by Man in Belleville
On the evening of December 31, 2017, a 60-year-old man called 911 to report that he had injured himself. When paramedics and a police officer arrived at the residence, the man was located on the kitchen floor. The man immediately stood up, grabbed a broom and swung it at the paramedics and police officer. When the man reached for a knife, the officer deployed his conducted energy weapon. The man fell backwards and struck his head. The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against the officer in this case.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.php.
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