News Release
No Basis to Proceed with Charges in Relation to Man’s Arrest and Injury in Cambridge
Case Number: 20-OCI-201
On August 16, 2020, Waterloo Regional Police Service officers arrested a 43-year-old man in Cambridge. As officers were escorting the man, he lunged forward in an attempt to break free. The man was taken to the ground. While at the police station, the man began to complain of pain. He was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a fractured right clavicle. The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to believe that an arresting officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the man’s arrest and injury.
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