News Release
SIU Concludes Investigation into Durham Officer After Man Injured in Fall
Case Number: 22-OCI-324
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has found no reasonable grounds to believe a Durham Regional Police Service officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the serious injury suffered by an 18-year-old man in Oshawa. On December 22, 2022, the man was seriously injured when he jumped from a second-story window. As officers were on scene, the SIU investigated. The man was diagnosed with a spinal fracture from the fall, and self-inflicted stab wounds.
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