custody_injury · 2026-Q1
Special Investigations Unit (Ontario) · SIU case 26-OCI-007
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The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the complainant and other witnesses (police and non-police), gives rise to the following scenario. The subject officer (SO) chose not to interview with the SIU, as was their legal right, but did authorize the release of their notes. Shortly before noon in early January 2026, Greater Sudbury Police Service (GSPS) officers responded to a location on Notre Dame Street East in Sudbury. A 911 call had been received suggesting a potentially violent disturbance inside a vehicle. The caller did not communicate directly with the call-taker, but police were able to use their cell phone to approximate a location. An officer found the vehicle in the area and spoke to two individuals, determining there were grounds to believe that one of them had been assaulted by the complainant. Fearing imminent arrest, the complainant exited the rear of the vehicle and fled the scene. The complainant ran a short distance and entered the rear enclosed deck of a house in the area of Notre Dame Street East and St. Agnes Street in Sudbury, where they sought to conceal themselves in a crawl space under a staircase. A police dog handler — the SO — and their dog arrived at the site. Joined by three witness officers, the SO and their dog initiated a track of the complainant. Officers followed footprints in the snow to the house, spoke briefly to one of the homeowners, and entered the rear deck. The complainant was quickly located inside the crawl space. The SO released the police dog, which approached the complainant and bit their right hand. With the dog still latched on, the complainant was removed from the crawl space, placed in a prone position on the floor, handcuffed behind the back, and the dog was then separated from their right hand. The complainant was transported to hospital following arrest and was diagnosed with a fracture of the small finger on the right hand.
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