News Release

On July 29, 2023, Peel Regional Police officers were dispatched to a residence in Brampton to take custody of a 42-year-old man. The man was placed in a cruiser and transported to the police station. The man protested that the police had the wrong person, and he grew increasingly frustrated with his arrest. When the man responded in the affirmative when asked if he was suicidal, the booking sergeant decided that the man should be assessed at hospital. The man was then placed in the rear seat of a cruiser for transport to the hospital. The man began to thrash about in the vehicle, striking his head against an interior plastic partition and rear window. The officers removed the man from the cruiser and held him down when he continued to jerk his body and flail his legs. Paramedics attended at the station and took the man to hospital where he was eventually diagnosed with a fractured left 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 injury.

     

Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision): https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.php.