News Release
SIU Investigates Injury in Cambridge
Case Number: 08-OVI-067
Other News Releases Related to Case 08-OVI-067
On April 24, 2008, at 6:35 p.m. an officer from the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) was in the process of arresting a man for an alleged criminal offence. The man fled the officer. The officer who was driving an unmarked police car caught up to the man in a parking lot on Eagle St. N. The man was taken into custody and afterwards complained of an injury.
The man was taken to hospital where he was treated and released.
The SIU is appealing for anyone who may have witnessed this incident to contact the Unit at 416-622-2293 or 1-800-787-8529 extension #2293.
If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by an incident under SIU investigation and would like support, the Affected Persons Program is here to help. You can reach us at 1-877-641-1897. Support is free, confidential, and available 24/7, every day of the year.
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (municipal, regional and provincial police officers, police officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, 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