News Release
SIU Concludes Investigation into Oshawa Arrest
Case Number: 23-OCI-128
Witness Assistance
At approximately 2:30 a.m. on April 29, 2023, Durham Regional Police Service officers responded to an Oshawa residence after an individual reported that a man was in their apartment refusing to leave, and they wanted him out. Inside the apartment, an officer found the 26-year-old man hiding inside a box spring in a bedroom. The man was handcuffed, transported to the police station and lodged in a cell. When a special constable noticed that the man’s right foot was swollen, the man was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a fractured right ankle. On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that an officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the man’s arrest and injury. There was no basis for proceeding with criminal charges in this case, and the file has been closed.
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
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Monica Hudon, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES