custody_injury · 2025-Q4
Special Investigations Unit (Ontario) · SIU case 25-OCI-498
Redacted summary
The material events in question, clear on the evidence collected by the SIU, may briefly be summarized. In the morning of early 2025, police officers, including two subject officers, were dispatched to an area in Hamilton, following a call to police about a violent incident. The affected person, in violation of a no-contact order, had visited the affected person's partner at the location and struck them in the face. The affected person and their partner had left by the time of the officers’ arrival. The officers interviewed witnesses and determined there were grounds to arrest the affected person for assault. The affected person and their partner had traveled to the affected person’s residence and were there when the subject officers arrived on scene. A witness officer and another person were also present. Another person heard a female screaming from inside the residence and alerted the other officers. Led by one of the subject officers, the officers knocked on the door and directed the affected person to come out. The affected person refused to allow them entry, asserting it was their home and they needed a warrant. The officers explained that they had exigent circumstances and demanded that they open the door or they would force their way inside. When the affected person continued to refuse, one of the subject officers used a baton to smash the door’s glass window. Shortly after the window was broken, the affected person opened the door. The officers quickly grabbed the affected person and pulled them forward. The affected person stepped from the residence floor to ground level, landing awkwardly on their foot and fracturing it in the process. They were placed in a prone position on the ground and handcuffed without incident. The affected person was transported to hospital after their arrest and treated for their foot fractures.
Officer
a5dfc208974f — HMAC-SHA256 token stable within the current salt epoch. Click through for every incident associated with this token across agencies.
Source
The Ledger mirrors the original document rather than re-hosting it. Every published incident carries a pointer to the archived copy.