News Release
No Charges to Issue against Officer in Connection with Brampton Collision
Case Number: 24-OVI-014
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SIU Investigating After Woman Struck by Peel Police Cruiser in Brampton
Notice of Correction to Director
In the evening of January 12, 2024, a 29-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man were on foot travelling eastbound on Hilldale Crescent approaching Central Park Drive. They crossed into the roadway in tandem and had passed the centre median when a police vehicle, approaching from the south, struck the woman. She and the man tumbled to the ground. The officer brought his cruiser to a stop after the collision and exited to render assistance. At hospital, the woman was diagnosed with a brain bleed and a spine fracture, and the man was treated for a broken right foot. On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that the officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the collision.
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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Kristy Denette, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES