pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
Special Investigations Unit (Ontario) · SIU case 25-PCI-533
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The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the complainant, the subject officer, and other witnesses (police and non-police), and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. In the evening of late December 2025, OPP officers were dispatched to an address in Deseronto. Police had received a call about a disturbance at a residence involving the complainant and their partner. The subject officer arrived on scene and was joined by two witness officers. A crisis worker was also in attendance with the police. The subject officer was met by the complainant at the front door and allowed inside. The two made their way to the rear yard to talk. The other officers and the crisis worker remained in the house to speak with the partner. Over the course of the next 45 minutes, the subject officer attempted to have the complainant explain what had happened. An intoxicated complainant engaged with the officer in fits and starts, unable to provide a coherent account of the events that preceded the officers' arrival and occasionally adopting a belligerent posture with the subject officer. The officer told the complainant they would not be allowed to stay at the home that night and would need to explore alternative accommodations. The complainant became increasingly frustrated, unable to secure alternative accommodations for the night. Near the end of their discourse, the complainant walked towards the rear door of the residence. The subject officer grabbed hold of them, stated they were under arrest for public intoxication, and attempted to pull them away from the home. The complainant resisted by pulling in the opposite direction, and an altercation followed. The subject officer threw the complainant to the ground and positioned themselves overtop the complainant's supine torso on the left side. One witness officer was positioned by the complainant's upper body on the right side. The complainant thrashed their legs about. The subject officer delivered a series of elbow strikes to the complainant's face, after which the complainant's arms were controlled in front of their body and handcuffed. Following the arrest, the complainant was transported to hospital and diagnosed with a fractured right shoulder.
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