News Release
No Charges Against Windsor Police Officers After Man’s Rib Broken
Case Number: 21-OCI-277
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has found no reasonable grounds to believe that three Windsor Police Service officers committed a criminal offence in connection with the broken rib suffered by a 40-year-old man last August.
On August 29, 2021, officers responded to an address on Lillian Avenue in Windsor for a domestic dispute. The man resisted arrest, kicking at officers, and one officer punched the man twice in the face. He was then handcuffed.
Director Martino found no reasonable grounds to believe that any of the subject officials comported themselves other than lawfully throughout their engagement with the man. The file has been closed.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):
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
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Kristy Denette, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES