custody_injury · 2025-Q4
Special Investigations Unit (Ontario) · SIU case 25-OCI-510
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The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the affected person and police and non-police witnesses, and video footage that captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. As was their legal right, the subject officer chose not to interview with the SIU or authorize the release of their notes. In the afternoon of October 2025, the subject officer was off-duty and attending an appointment at a business, located in a strip mall in Thunder Bay. While there, they observed a person – the affected person applying orange spray paint to the front door of the business. They alerted the owner, and the owner ran after the affected person, with the subject officer following. As the affected person fled along the sidewalk, they lost their footing and fell forward onto the sidewalk, striking their face. The owner and the subject officer reached them within moments where they had fallen. The owner attempted to secure the affected person’s legs, during which the affected person kicked at them. The subject officer reached towards the affected person’s upper body as they attempted to gain control of them, the affected person continued to kick. The subject officer positioned the affected person onto their right side, and as they applied physical control, including the use of their bodyweight, the affected person came to rest in a prone position. The subject officer maintained control over the affected person’s upper back. The subject officer and the owner then brought the affected person’s hands behind them and continued to restrain them until police arrived. Several bystanders had gathered, and one contacted police. A witness officer responded, arrested the affected person for mischief, assisted them to their feet, and transported them to the police station. The following day, the affected person attended hospital and was diagnosed with bilateral nasal bone fractures of indeterminate age.
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