News Release
Barrie Police Service Officers Charged
Case Number: 09-OCI-163
On July 5, 2009, at approximately 6:15 p.m., the officers responded to a reported domestic dispute at the Barrie residence of 61-year-old Michael Ullman. There was an interaction between him and the officers, and Mr. Ullman was arrested. A short time later, he was taken to Royal Victoria Hospital where he was treated for a broken left arm.
Constable Kevin Calleja, Constable Nathan Bowman and Constable Marco Coniglione of the BPS are each facing one charge of Assault Causing Bodily Harm, contrary to s. 267 (b) of the Criminal Code of Canada.
A summons was served on the officers on Thursday, October 1. The officers are compelled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Barrie on October 26, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. in courtroom 9 to answer to the charges. Justice Prosecutions of the Ministry of the Attorney General will have carriage of the prosecution.
As this matter is now before the courts, and in consideration of fair trial interests, the SIU will make no further comment pertaining to this investigation.
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