custody_injury · 2025-Q4
Special Investigations Unit (Ontario) · SIU case 25-OCI-457
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The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the complainant, subject officers, and other witnesses (police and non-police), and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. One subject officer did not agree to an interview with the SIU or the release of their notes, as was their legal right. In the evening in mid-November 2025, Brantford Police Service (BPS) officers attended an apartment in the Brantford area. A resident had contacted police to report that an inebriated complainant was in their apartment and they wanted the complainant removed. The officers entered the apartment and approached the complainant in the living room. The complainant was seated on a sofa and speaking on the phone with a police call-taker. After a period, the complainant ended the phone conversation, stood up from the sofa, and walked a short distance towards the door. Just before the door, two officers took hold of the complainant's arms. The complainant attempted to free their arms and the officers maintained their grip. Other officers intervened and the complainant fell forward to the floor, striking their head on the edge of a wall in the process. Officers fell with the complainant and landed on top of them. The complainant was handcuffed in quick order and taken into custody. Following the arrest, the complainant was transported to hospital and diagnosed with a reduced level of consciousness and a scalp laceration with emphysema and subgaleal hematoma.
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