News Release
SIU Concludes Investigation into Brampton Arrest
Case Number: 24-OCI-118
In the evening of March 11, 2024, Peel Regional Police (PRP) officers located a vehicle parked in the parking lot outside a Brampton restaurant. The vehicle was registered to a 26-year-old man who was wanted on warrants held by multiple police services. When the man exited the restaurant, he was arrested by officers. When the man complained of pain at the police station, he was taken to hospital and diagnosed with a spinal fracture. 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.
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