custody_injury · 2025-Q4
Special Investigations Unit (Ontario) · SIU case 25-OCI-494
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The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the complainant and police witnesses, and video footage that largely captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. The subject officer did not agree to an interview with the SIU or the release of their notes, as was their legal right. In the evening in late November 2025, the complainant was on their way home from work travelling east on Queen Street East in Brampton. They had just taken the on-ramp to southbound Highway 410 when they were pulled over by a RIDE program set up on the ramp. The complainant was approached by an officer who asked them to pull ahead for further questioning. Another officer (a witness officer) approached and asked the complainant to continue forward and stop their pick-up truck on the ramp shoulder in front of a police vehicle. The complainant complied. The witness officer asked the complainant to step out of their vehicle and escorted them to the back of the pick-up truck, where the subject officer joined them. The complainant was angry about being pulled over and would not allow the witness officer to fully read a breath test demand, insisting the officer simply administer the test. The witness officer explained that the demand needed to be read in full and that the complainant must understand it, warning that refusing to take the test would constitute a criminal offence. The subject officer attempted to calm the complainant without success. When the complainant began to walk toward the driver's door of their vehicle, the subject officer grabbed and pushed them back toward the rear of the truck and a snow-covered grassy area past the ramp shoulder. The complainant fell backwards over the ramp curb. When they attempted to stand up, they were forced to the ground by the subject officer. A struggle ensued between the complainant and several police officers. The complainant was eventually handcuffed and placed in the rear seat of a police cruiser. The complainant attended hospital the following day and was diagnosed with a concussion.
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