News Release
No Charges to Issue in Relation to Man’s Death in North Bay
Case Number: 18-OCD-053
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On the morning of February 22, 2018, North Bay Police Service officers attended a residence in relation to a domestic matter. Soon after entering the home, the officers became involved in a physical struggle with a man as they attempted to subdue him. After several minutes of attempting to grapple the man into submission, one officer deployed his CEW but this had no discernible effect. In time, the officers were finally able to gain control of the man who was believed to be suffering from a drug-induced psychosis. While waiting for an ambulance, the man’s breathing began to fail and as such, officers began to administer CPR. The paramedics took charge of the man’s treatment and eventually transported him to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Interim Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges in relation to the man’s death.
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