News Release
No Charges to Issue in Relation to Man’s Jump from London Apartment Balcony
Case Number: 20-OCI-237
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SIU Investigating Man’s Fall from Apartment Balcony in London
On September 24, 2020, a 21-year-old man contacted police as he wanted another man removed from his apartment. Two London Police Service officers attended the apartment and executed a peaceful arrest of the man for whom there was an arrest warrant. As officers were escorting the man from the apartment building, they learned that someone had jumped from an apartment balcony. One of the officers went to the scene of the fall in order to help the individual, who turned out to be the 21-year-old man who had earlier contacted police. The man was taken to hospital and diagnosed with pelvic fractures. The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to believe that the any officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the man’s injuries.
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