pursuit_custody_injury · 2026-Q1
Special Investigations Unit (Ontario) · SIU case 26-PCI-060
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The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the affected person and the subject officer, and video footage that captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. In early 2026, the affected person was arrested by the subject officer and another officer inside a residence. The officers had gone to the location following a call to police about an issue at the residence. The affected person was unlawfully inside the abandoned home. They had entered seeking shelter from the cold outside, and had started a fire to warm themselves. The affected person was searched by the subject officer at the scene and again at a police detachment. Some items were confiscated. Asked whether they had consumed illicit substances in the last 24 hours, the affected person said they had not. The affected person was lodged in a cell. Later, upon returning to their cell, the affected person retrieved a substance from a hidden location and consumed it. They began to suffer the effects of the substance and became unresponsive on the cell floor. The subject officer entered the cell within minutes of the affected person’s medical event and attempted to rouse them. They placed the affected person in the recovery position, administered doses of nasal naloxone and contacted emergency services. Paramedics arrived on scene and took charge of the affected person’s care. They were transported to hospital and treated for an overdose.
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