News Release
No Charges to Issue in Relation to Brampton Arrest
Case Number: 19-OCI-084
At approximately 10 p.m. on April 20, 2019, several plainclothes officers with Peel Regional Police went to a residence in Brampton to arrest a 35-year-old man in relation to a breach of recognizance and various thefts. The man suffered a broken nose in the course of a physical altercation that marked his arrest. At some point in the altercation, the evidence indicates that the man’s 59-year-old father was pushed up against a wall and had his arm forced behind him by an officer. 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 injuries sustained by the father and son during this interaction.
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