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custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The material events in question, clear on the evidence collected by the SIU , may briefly be summarized. In the morning of December 3, 2025, HPS officers, including SO #1 and SO #2, were dispatched to an address in the area of Wellington Street North and Barton Street West, Hamilton, following a call to police about a violent incident. The Complainant, in violation of a no-contact order, had visited the CW at the address and struck her in the face. The Complainant and the CW had left by the time of the officers’ arrival. The officers interviewed witnesses and determined there were grounds to arrest the Complainant for assault. The Complainant and the CW had traveled to the Complainant’s residence – a trailer parked at the rear of a property in the area of Wellington Street North and Burlington Street East – and were there when SO #1 and SO #2 arrived on scene shortly after 7:00 a.m. The WO and the SEW were also present. The SEW heard a female screaming from inside the trailer and alerted the other officers. Led by SO #2, the officers knocked on the trailer door and directed the Complainant to come out. The Complainant refused to allow them entry into the trailer, asserting it was his home and they needed a warrant. The officers explained that they had exigent circumstances and demanded that he open the door or they would force their way inside. When the Complainant continued to refuse, SO #2 used his baton to smash the door’s glass window. Shortly after the window was broken, the Complainant opened the door. SO #2 quickly grabbed him by the right side and SO #1 took hold of his left side, and the officers pulled him forward. The Complainant stepped from the trailer floor to ground level, landing awkwardly on his right foot and fracturing it in the process. He was placed in a prone position on the ground and handcuffed without incident. The Complainant was transported to hospital after his arrest and treated for his foot fractures.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and police witnesses, and video footage that largely captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. As was his legal right, the SO did not agree an interview with the SIU or the release of his notes. In the evening of November 28, 2025, the Complainant was on his way home from work travelling east on Queen Street East in Brampton. He had just taken the on-ramp to southbound Highway 410 when he was pulled over by a RIDE program set up on the ramp. The Complainant was approached by an officer who asked him to pull ahead for further questioning. Another officer – WO #1 – approached and asked the Complainant to continue forward and stop his pick-up truck on the ramp shoulder in front of a police vehicle. He did so. WO #1 asked the Complainant to step out of his vehicle and escorted him to the back of the pick-up truck . They were joined at this time by the SO . The Complainant was angry about being pulled over. He would not allow WO #1 to fully read him a breath test demand and insisted the officer simply administer the test. WO #1 explained that he needed to read the demand in full and ensure he understood it. He told the Complainant that refusing to take the test would constitute a criminal offence. The SO tried to calm the Complainant but to no avail. When the Complainant began to walk to the driver’s door of his vehicle, the officer grabbed and pushed him back towards the rear of the truck and a snow-covered grassy area past the ramp shoulder. The Complainant fell backwards over the ramp curb. He attempted to stand back up but was forced to the ground by the SO . There followed a struggle between the Complainant and several police officers. The Complainant was eventually handcuffed and placed in the rear seat of a police cruiser. The Complainant attended hospital the next day and was diagnosed with a concussion.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and three police witnesses, and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. As was their legal right, neither subject official agreed an interview with the SIU . SO #1 did authorize the release of his notes. In the afternoon of November 26, 2025, the Complainant was arrested for drug trafficking following a traffic stop by CKPS officers. A warrant authorizing a search of the Complainant’s residence for evidence of drug trafficking was in effect at the time. WO #1 searched the Complainant at the scene and confiscated a quantity of crack cocaine and fentanyl from his clothes. The Complainant was transported to the police station and subjected to another search of his clothing, this time with negative results. He was lodged in a cell at about 2:45 p.m. and began to vomit at about 6:50 p.m. Paramedics arrived at the station at about 7:30 p.m. The Complainant was transported to hospital and diagnosed with opioid withdrawal.
pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and other witnesses (police and non-police), and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. As was her legal right, the SO chose not to interview with the SIU or authorize the release of her notes. In the early morning of October 5, 2025, OPP officers, including the SO , attended at a campsite in Oastler Lake Provincial Park. A park warden – CW #5 – had contacted police for their assistance. A short period prior, CW #5, at the campsite in connection with a noise complaint, had witnessed one of the campers – the Complainant – slap CW #1 in the face. The SO and WO #2 took custody of the Complainant and handcuffed her behind the back without incident. The Complainant was searched and placed in the rear of the SO ’s cruiser for transportation to the Parry Sound Detachment. At the detachment, the Complainant was lodged in a cell at about 1:00 a.m., and held there until her release from custody later that morning at about 8:50 a.m. The Complainant returned to the park to meet with CW #1 in violation of a no-contact condition of her release from custody. She subsequently attended hospital that same day and was diagnosed with two broken right-sided ribs.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and the SO , and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. In the late afternoon of December 4, 2025, HPS officers were dispatched to an address in the area of Wentworth Street and Main Street East, Hamilton, following a call to police about domestic abuse. CW #1 reported that the Complainant had threatened her earlier in the day and attended at her apartment where he caused a domestic disturbance. The SO , in the company of WO #4, arrived at the address. They were aware that there were warrants in effect for the Complainant’s arrest on firearm-related charges. A friend of CW #1’s – CW #2 – spoke with the officers and indicated that the Complainant was possibly at the rear of the residence. The SO walked to the east side of the house and located the Complainant sitting in a chair. He directed the Complainant not to move, told him to stand up and then grabbed his right arm, lifting him from the chair. The Complainant immediately began to resist the officer. The two exchanged punches to the head before falling to the ground where the struggle continued. The SO yelled out for WO #4’s help, and he appeared quickly and joined in the struggle. The Complainant flailed his legs and refused to release his arms to be handcuffed. The SO and WO #4 punched the Complainant multiple times but could not sufficiently subdue him to take control of his arms behind the back. WO #1 arrived on scene about two minutes after the altercation started and assisted in eventually handcuffing the Complainant. The Complainant was transported to hospital after his arrest and diagnosed with a broken nose and a fractured right orbital bone.
pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the SO and another police eyewitness, and video footage that largely captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. In the evening of December 2, 2025, OPP officers, including the SO , were dispatched to an address in Pembroke. A resident of the multi-unit address had contacted police to report concern with the wellbeing of a male – the Complainant – causing a disturbance at the property. He had been talking to himself and threatening to kill someone. The SO arrived on scene at about 5:50 p.m., joined by WO #1 and WO #2. WO #1 and WO #2 attended at a unit of the building and arrested the Complainant on a warrant in effect for his arrest for breach of a probation order. He was handcuffed behind the back, escorted outside and searched by the officers beside WO #2’s cruiser. A number of items were seized, including a vape, a needle containing liquid, a .22-calibre round and some money. The Complainant was subsequently placed in the backseat of WO #1’s cruiser and read his rights by the officer. WO #1 exited the cruiser at about 6:25 p.m., leaving the Complainant alone. He and WO #2 returned to the unit to search the residence for firearms. [5] Left alone in the cruiser, the Complainant slipped his handcuffed arms below his legs and repositioned them to the front. He subsequently reached towards the crotch area of his pants, retrieved a bag and ingested a white substance it contained. Shortly after the Complainant’s consumption of the substance, at about 6:31 p.m., the SO began to monitor the Complainant from outside the cruiser using the lights from her cruiser and a flashlight. The Complainant brought his hands up to his mouth area on several occasions. At about 6:45 p.m., having concluded the search of the unit, WO #1 returned to his cruiser and checked on the Complainant in the rear. The Complainant was shaking and pale. Noting that the handcuffs were now to the front, and suspecting a drug overdose, WO #1 requested EMS . The Complainant was removed from the cruiser, administered two doses of Narcan and placed in the recovery position pending the arrival of paramedics. EMS arrived at about 7:00 p.m. The Complainant was taken to hospital and treated for drug overdose.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The material events in question are clear on the evidence collected by the SIU and may briefly be summarized, In the afternoon of December 20, 2025, the Complainant attended the Canada Post outlet in the Shoppers Drug Mart, 140 Holland Street West, Bradford. He was there to pick up a key to a home. Staff at the outlet told him he could not be helped because he did not have the proper documentation. The Complainant became belligerent and slammed his phone on the counter. Police were called to the scene. WO #1 was the first to arrive, joined shortly by the SO . This was the officers’ second time at the outlet dealing with the Complainant. Earlier that afternoon, they had attended to deal with an irate Complainant, who had been refused service because of his behaviour and deficient paperwork. The Complainant had left the store on that occasion. On the present occasion, WO #1 told the Complainant to leave the store or he would be arrested, and then grabbed him to forcibly remove him from the store when he refused to exit of his own accord. The Complainant physically resisted WO #1’s efforts to push him out and the two tussled briefly. The SO grabbed the Complainant and threw him to the floor, after which he was handcuffed behind the back. The Complainant suffered a broken nose in the takedown. He was taken from the scene to hospital by paramedics.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The material events in question are clear on the evidence collected by the SIU and may briefly be summarized. In the early morning of December 21, 2025, BPS were called to a residence in the area of Colborne Street East and Clarence Street South in Brantford . A resident of the building had called police to report a disturbance coming from another unit. WO #1 and WO #2 attended at the scene and knocked at the door. The disturbance involved the Complainant and the CW . The Complainant was subject to an order at the time preventing contact and communication with the CW . Realizing police were outside the door and that he would be arrested for breaching the order, the Complainant attempted to escape apprehension. He climbed through a window of his second floor unit onto the roof of an adjoining structure, ran across the roof to an exterior staircase and started to descend. The SO #1 and SO #2 had also responded to the disturbance call and were outside as WO #1 and WO #2 entered. They observed the Complainant running on the roof and were waiting for him at the bottom of the staircase. When the Complainant jumped over the staircase railing at the midway landing and collapsed on the ground below, the officers approached to take him into custody. The Complainant complained of pain to his right foot and was transported to hospital where he was diagnosed with a broken right ankle.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and police and non-police witnesses, and video footage that captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. As was his legal right, the SO chose not to interview with the SIU or authorize the release of his notes. In the afternoon of October 9, 2025, the SO was off-duty and attending an appointment at a business, located in a strip mall on Bay Street, in Thunder Bay. While there, he observed a man – the Complainant applying orange spray paint to the front door of the business. He alerted the owner – CW #3. CW #3 ran after the Complainant, and the SO followed. As he fled along the sidewalk towards Bay Street, the Complainant lost his footing and fell forward onto the sidewalk, striking his face. CW #3 and the SO reached him within moments where he had fallen. CW #3 attempted to secure the Complainant’s legs, during which the Complainant kicked at him. The SO reached towards the Complainant’s upper body as he attempted to gain control of him, the Complainant continued to kick. The SO positioned the Complainant onto his right side, and as he applied physical control, including the use of his bodyweight, the Complainant came to rest in a prone position. The SO maintained control over the Complainant’s upper back. The SO and CW #3 then brought the Complainant’s hands behind him and continued to restrain him until police arrived. Several bystanders had gathered, and one contacted police. WO #1 responded, arrested the Complainant for mischief, assisted him to his feet, and transported him to the TBPS police station. The following day, the Complainant attended hospital and was diagnosed with bilateral nasal bone fractures of indeterminate age.
pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and a police eyewitness, gives rise to the following scenario. As was his legal right, the SO did not agree an interview with the SIU . He did authorize the release of his notes. In the afternoon of December 5, 2025, the SO , operating an OPP cruiser with the WO his passenger, stopped a vehicle on Rymer Road in the area of Northshore Drive, Haldimand County. The Complainant was driving the vehicle. OPP officers had been on the lookout for the Complainant after he expressed suicidal ideations when he came to learn, earlier that day, that he was the subject of a sexual assault investigation. As the officers exited the cruiser to make their way to his vehicle, the Complainant accessed a knife and used it to inflict a serious laceration across the left side of his neck. The SO and the WO observed the wound, contacted paramedics and attempted to apply first aid. When the Complainant tried to prevent the officers from helping him, he was handcuffed to allow the SO and the WO to provide emergency care. The Complainant was transported to hospital and treated for a serious neck wound.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and the SO , and other police witnesses, and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. In the early morning of November 4, 2025, WO #4, on patrol in a marked vehicle, came across a pick-up truck on Third Line stopped for a red light at Rebecca Street, Oakville. When the light turned green, the pick-up did not move. The officer exited his cruiser to check the driver and noticed him asleep with his head slumped forward. After banging on the window for a period, WO #4 was able to rouse the driver and directed him to pull over on the other side of the intersection. The driver was the Complainant. With him in the front passenger seat was a female – CW #1. The Complainant proceeded south through the intersection, put on his four-way flashers as if he was going to stop, and then accelerated away. WO #4 radioed what had happened and began to pursue the truck. Other officers heard the transmissions and headed in the area of the pursuit to assist, including WO #1 in an unmarked police vehicle. The officer would come to occupy the lead cruiser in pursuit, in front of WO #4. The SO , also operating an unmarked police cruiser, intervened as well. The pursuit continued at speed for about 12 minutes. The Complainant disregarded multiple red lights, as did police officers. A spike belt was deployed in front of the pick-up truck at one point, causing damage to the truck’s front driver side tire. As the pursuit turned onto eastbound Lakeshore Road West from Winston Churchill Boulevard in Mississauga, the three vehicles closest to the Complainant’s truck – WO #4, WO #1 and the SO – decided to perform a rolling block. In the area of the roadway’s intersection with Avonhead Road, the SO overtook the truck and began to slow in front of it. The Complainant brought the truck to an abrupt stop in front of the officer. WO #4 stopped his cruiser alongside the driver side of the truck (preventing the driver’s door from opening) and WO #1 directly behind. The time was about 12:44 a.m. The SO exited his vehicle and approached the front of WO #4’s cruiser, pointing his semi-automatic pistol at the Complainant in the driver’s seat of the truck. The officer was joined by WO #1 and WO #7, who each fired their CEW s at the Complainant through the open driver’s door window. Orders were shouted at the Complainant to exit the vehicle. The SO holstered his gun and took out his OC canister, which he sprayed at the Complainant. Shortly after, the SO climbed on top of the hood of WO #4’s cruiser, grabbed a hold of the Complainant’s leg, which had appeared through the driver’s window, and, with WO #1 and WO #7’s help, pulled the Complainant out of the truck onto the hood. The Complainant had his arms together by his chest and was on his right side on top of the hood when the SO punched him three times to the upper torso / head area. The Complainant was pulled off the hood onto the ground in front of WO #4’s cruiser. There were now about six officers surrounding the Complainant. Among them, the SO punched in the direction of the Complainant’s torso five times and WO #1 dropped his knee onto the upper body and head area two or three times. The SO then stood up and kicked at the Complainant’s right hip area six times. Shortly after, the Complainant was handcuffed, stood up and lodged in the backseat of one of the cruisers. The Complainant was transported to hospital after his arrest and diagnosed with multiple facial fractures.
pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the SO and another police eyewitness, and video footage that largely captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. In the evening of December 2, 2025, OPP officers, including the SO , were dispatched to an address in Pembroke. A resident of the multi-unit address had contacted police to report concern with the wellbeing of a male – the Complainant – causing a disturbance at the property. He had been talking to himself and threatening to kill someone. The SO arrived on scene at about 5:50 p.m., joined by WO #1 and WO #2. WO #1 and WO #2 attended at a unit of the building and arrested the Complainant on a warrant in effect for his arrest for breach of a probation order. He was handcuffed behind the back, escorted outside and searched by the officers beside WO #2’s cruiser. A number of items were seized, including a vape, a needle containing liquid, a .22-calibre round and some money. The Complainant was subsequently placed in the backseat of WO #1’s cruiser and read his rights by the officer. WO #1 exited the cruiser at about 6:25 p.m., leaving the Complainant alone. He and WO #2 returned to the unit to search the residence for firearms. [5] Left alone in the cruiser, the Complainant slipped his handcuffed arms below his legs and repositioned them to the front. He subsequently reached towards the crotch area of his pants, retrieved a bag and ingested a white substance it contained. Shortly after the Complainant’s consumption of the substance, at about 6:31 p.m., the SO began to monitor the Complainant from outside the cruiser using the lights from her cruiser and a flashlight. The Complainant brought his hands up to his mouth area on several occasions. At about 6:45 p.m., having concluded the search of the unit, WO #1 returned to his cruiser and checked on the Complainant in the rear. The Complainant was shaking and pale. Noting that the handcuffs were now to the front, and suspecting a drug overdose, WO #1 requested EMS . The Complainant was removed from the cruiser, administered two doses of Narcan and placed in the recovery position pending the arrival of paramedics. EMS arrived at about 7:00 p.m. The Complainant was taken to hospital and treated for drug overdose.
pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and other witnesses (police and non-police), and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. As was her legal right, the SO chose not to interview with the SIU or authorize the release of her notes. In the early morning of October 5, 2025, OPP officers, including the SO , attended at a campsite in Oastler Lake Provincial Park. A park warden – CW #5 – had contacted police for their assistance. A short period prior, CW #5, at the campsite in connection with a noise complaint, had witnessed one of the campers – the Complainant – slap CW #1 in the face. The SO and WO #2 took custody of the Complainant and handcuffed her behind the back without incident. The Complainant was searched and placed in the rear of the SO ’s cruiser for transportation to the Parry Sound Detachment. At the detachment, the Complainant was lodged in a cell at about 1:00 a.m., and held there until her release from custody later that morning at about 8:50 a.m. The Complainant returned to the park to meet with CW #1 in violation of a no-contact condition of her release from custody. She subsequently attended hospital that same day and was diagnosed with two broken right-sided ribs.
pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and police and non-police witnesses, and video footage that captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. As was his legal right, the SO chose not to interview with the SIU or authorize the release of his notes. In the morning of November 24, 2025, OPP received a call from hospital security reporting that a patient who had been discharged and escorted out of the hospital – the Complainant – was in the parking lot, refusing to leave. The SO and WO #1 of the Central Region Emergency Response Team were dispatched. Upon arrival, the officers spoke with security and confirmed the information provided in the call. Security advised that the Complainant had been discharged and provided with medication but refused to leave the hospital. They had to physically escort him out of the building; however, he still would not leave the property and wanted to return to the hospital. He was trespassed. Hospital staff did not want him back inside and wanted him removed. The briefing did not include information indicating that the Complainant, had a particular medical condition. The SO approached the Complainant and informed him that he was required to leave the premises. The Complainant stated that he wanted to return to the hospital because he was in pain. He was advised that he could seek care at another hospital, that he had been trespassed from this one, and that he must either leave or be arrested and removed from the premises. During the conversation, the Complainant moved away from the vehicle where he had been standing and proceeded in the direction of the hospital doors. As he walked past, the SO asked where he was going and took hold of his arm. As the SO began to turn him around, an audible cracking sound was heard and the arm appeared to rotate in an abnormal manner consistent with having snapped. The Complainant was permitted to re-enter the hospital so that his injury could be addressed. He was diagnosed with, and subsequently treated for, a comminuted and displaced fracture of the left distal humerus.
pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and a police eyewitness, gives rise to the following scenario. As was his legal right, the SO did not agree an interview with the SIU . He did authorize the release of his notes. In the afternoon of December 5, 2025, the SO , operating an OPP cruiser with the WO his passenger, stopped a vehicle on Rymer Road in the area of Northshore Drive, Haldimand County. The Complainant was driving the vehicle. OPP officers had been on the lookout for the Complainant after he expressed suicidal ideations when he came to learn, earlier that day, that he was the subject of a sexual assault investigation. As the officers exited the cruiser to make their way to his vehicle, the Complainant accessed a knife and used it to inflict a serious laceration across the left side of his neck. The SO and the WO observed the wound, contacted paramedics and attempted to apply first aid. When the Complainant tried to prevent the officers from helping him, he was handcuffed to allow the SO and the WO to provide emergency care. The Complainant was transported to hospital and treated for a serious neck wound.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and police witnesses, and video footage that largely captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. As was his legal right, the SO did not agree an interview with the SIU or the release of his notes. In the evening of November 28, 2025, the Complainant was on his way home from work travelling east on Queen Street East in Brampton. He had just taken the on-ramp to southbound Highway 410 when he was pulled over by a RIDE program set up on the ramp. The Complainant was approached by an officer who asked him to pull ahead for further questioning. Another officer – WO #1 – approached and asked the Complainant to continue forward and stop his pick-up truck on the ramp shoulder in front of a police vehicle. He did so. WO #1 asked the Complainant to step out of his vehicle and escorted him to the back of the pick-up truck . They were joined at this time by the SO . The Complainant was angry about being pulled over. He would not allow WO #1 to fully read him a breath test demand and insisted the officer simply administer the test. WO #1 explained that he needed to read the demand in full and ensure he understood it. He told the Complainant that refusing to take the test would constitute a criminal offence. The SO tried to calm the Complainant but to no avail. When the Complainant began to walk to the driver’s door of his vehicle, the officer grabbed and pushed him back towards the rear of the truck and a snow-covered grassy area past the ramp shoulder. The Complainant fell backwards over the ramp curb. He attempted to stand back up but was forced to the ground by the SO . There followed a struggle between the Complainant and several police officers. The Complainant was eventually handcuffed and placed in the rear seat of a police cruiser. The Complainant attended hospital the next day and was diagnosed with a concussion.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant’s police custodians, gives rise to the following scenario. As was their legal right, the subject officials did not agree an interview with the SIU or the release of their notes. In the afternoon of November 26, 2025, the Complainant was arrested in connection with a stolen automobile. He was searched at the scene and transported to the LPS headquarters where he was lodged in a cell at about 5:45 p.m. He told police that he had consumed heroin a couple of hours before his arrest and explained he would become sick in his cell once the effects of the drug wore off. The Complainant was monitored by special constables while in cells. He appeared to sleep for most of his time in custody. At about 7:40 a.m., the Complainant had just woken when he started to vomit. He was removed from the cell and transported to hospital. The Complainant was taken to hospital and treated for opioid withdrawal.
pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant and police and non-police witnesses, and video footage that captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. As was his legal right, the SO chose not to interview with the SIU or authorize the release of his notes. In the morning of November 24, 2025, OPP received a call from hospital security reporting that a patient who had been discharged and escorted out of the hospital – the Complainant – was in the parking lot, refusing to leave. The SO and WO #1 of the Central Region Emergency Response Team were dispatched. Upon arrival, the officers spoke with security and confirmed the information provided in the call. Security advised that the Complainant had been discharged and provided with medication but refused to leave the hospital. They had to physically escort him out of the building; however, he still would not leave the property and wanted to return to the hospital. He was trespassed. Hospital staff did not want him back inside and wanted him removed. The briefing did not include information indicating that the Complainant, had a particular medical condition. The SO approached the Complainant and informed him that he was required to leave the premises. The Complainant stated that he wanted to return to the hospital because he was in pain. He was advised that he could seek care at another hospital, that he had been trespassed from this one, and that he must either leave or be arrested and removed from the premises. During the conversation, the Complainant moved away from the vehicle where he had been standing and proceeded in the direction of the hospital doors. As he walked past, the SO asked where he was going and took hold of his arm. As the SO began to turn him around, an audible cracking sound was heard and the arm appeared to rotate in an abnormal manner consistent with having snapped. The Complainant was permitted to re-enter the hospital so that his injury could be addressed. He was diagnosed with, and subsequently treated for, a comminuted and displaced fracture of the left distal humerus.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant, the SO and other witnesses (police and non-police), and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. In the afternoon of November 13, 2025, the SO and his partner, WO #1, were on the lookout for the Complainant. The Complainant was wanted for a number of break and enters, and subject to an outstanding arrest warrant. The officers located the Complainant at the Esso gas station at the northwest corner of Highway 138 and Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry County Road 43, Monkland. He was pumping gas into a Subaru Forester. The officers pulled up in their unmarked pick-up truck, such that their driver side rear quarter panel was adjacent the driver side rear quarter panel of the Forester, and exited their vehicle. The SO approached the Complainant and advised him he was under arrest. The Complainant walked around the front of his vehicle away from the SO and towards the driver’s door. He confronted WO #1 beside the door and pushed her out of the way, attempting to enter the Forester. WO #1 pushed back against the driver’s door to prevent it opening. The SO moved to assist WO #1. There followed a protracted struggle in the course of which the SO kicked, punched, kneed and elbowed the Complainant multiple times. With the assistance of three civilians on scene, the officers overcame the Complainant’s resistance and handcuffed him behind the back. The Complainant was transported to hospital where diagnostic imaging was unable to rule out undisplaced fractures to the left fourth and fifth ribs.
custody_injury · 2025-Q4
The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the Complainant, SO #1 and other witnesses (police and non-police), and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. As was his legal right, SO #2 did not agree an interview with the SIU or the release of his notes. In the evening of November 12, 2025, BPS officers, including SO #1 and SO #2, attended an apartment in the area of Grand River Avenue and Morrell Street, Brantford. The resident – the CW – had contacted police to report that an inebriated Complainant was in her apartment and she wanted him removed. The officers entered the apartment and approached the Complainant in the living room. He was seated on a sofa and speaking on the phone with a police call-taker. After a period, the Complainant ended his conversation on the phone, stood up from the sofa and walked a short distance towards the door. Just before the door, SO #1 and WO #1 took a hold of his arms. The Complainant attempted to free his arms and the officers maintained their grip. Other officers intervened and the Complainant fell forward to the floor, striking his head off the edge of a wall in the process. Officers fell with the Complainant and landed on top of him. He was handcuffed in quick order and taken into custody. Following his arrest, the Complainant was transported to hospital and diagnosed with a reduced level of consciousness and a scalp laceration with emphysema and subgaleal hematoma.