News Release
No Basis for Criminal Charges in Relation to Man’s Treatment at North Bay Police Station
Case Number: 18-OCI-162
At approximately 6:40 p.m. on May 24, 2018, North Bay Police Service officesr responded to the Community Counselling Centre of Nipissing to assist with a client. The client – a 43-year-old man - was arrested and transported to the police station. Once at the station, he was initially lodged in a cell, but was transported to the hospital the following morning as he was complaining about rib pain. The Interim Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against any officer in relation to the man’s arrest.
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