News Release
No Criminal Charges Warranted in Woman’s Serious Injury in Highway 410 and Mayfield Road Collision
Case Number: 18-OVI-182
On June 16, 2018, a Peel Regional Police officer, in plainclothes was driving an unmarked police vehicle on Sandalwood Parkway, east of Highway 410. The officer noticed a civilian vehicle driving erratically and commenced a vehicular pursuit. Due to the rate of speed of the civilian vehicle the pursuit was ended. A short time later the civilian vehicle exited Highway 410 at the northbound off ramp to Mayfield Road and become involved in a collision. The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against the officer in relation to the serious injury sustained by a 22-year-old woman in this incident.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision): https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.php.â
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