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custody_injury · 2026-Q1
The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the affected person and additional police and non-police witnesses, and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. As was their legal right, the subject officer did not agree to an interview with the SIU or the release of their notes. In early 2026, police officers were dispatched to a residence in a neighborhood. The homeowners had contacted police to report a person attempting to break into their residence. Two officers were the first on scene, arriving at about 3:10 a.m. They were joined shortly by a police dog handler, the subject officer, and their dog. Additional officers arrived on scene and set up a perimeter around the house as the subject officer deployed their dog to locate the suspect. It was not long before the dog led the subject officer to the rear yard and a crawl space underneath a deck. The affected person was hiding in the crawl space, which was cluttered with stored items. They failed to come out and give any indication of their presence despite repeated direction from the subject officer for them to do so. With the dog still attached to the lead, the subject officer released the dog into the crawl space. The dog’s first foray into the space was unsuccessful. The subject officer released the dog into the crawl space again. On this occasion, the dog located the affected person under some items and bit into their left arm. The affected person gave no reaction. The subject officer approached their dog and the affected person and released the dog’s hold, after which the affected person was taken into custody. The affected person was transported to hospital and diagnosed with a fracture of the left elbow and dog bites to the left arm.
custody_injury · 2026-Q1
The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the affected person, the subject officer and other civilian eyewitnesses, gives rise to the following scenario. In the morning of early 2026, the subject officer was dispatched to the area of a domestic disturbance. On their arrival, the officer observed a male - a civilian - holding the affected person down on the roadway. Ordered to remove himself from the affected person, the civilian did so while explaining to the officer that the affected person had damaged his property and assaulted him. The subject officer decided to arrest the affected person for assault and mischief. There followed a physical engagement between the three parties during which the subject officer used force against the affected person and the civilian. The affected person and the civilian were handcuffed and taken into custody. The affected person attended hospital following their release and was diagnosed with a concussion.
custody_injury · 2026-Q1
In the evening, officers responded to a reported domestic disturbance in the area of Ottawa, and altered course to a nearby location following a related call about a person on the roof of a building. The subject officer was the first to arrive on scene, followed by two witness officers. The person on the roof, the affected person, was of unsound mind and had earlier called police from their residence, reporting a break-in. They exited their residence and made their way to the building, ascending onto the roof via an exterior ladder. The subject officer and a witness officer attempted to persuade the affected person to come down safely. The affected person threatened to jump if not provided with a cigarette and, on a couple of occasions, hung from a light bar attached to the top of the exterior wall. As negotiations were ongoing, a fire truck appeared on scene. The affected person eventually lost their grip on the light bar and fell to the ground, landing feet-first, and was transported to hospital with multiple fractures of both feet.
custody_injury · 2026-Q1
The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the affected person and police and non-police witnesses, and video footage that largely captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. As was their legal right, the subject officers chose not to interview with the SIU or authorize the release of their notes. In early 2026, the officers, in the company of other officers, attended at an apartment in the area of Oshawa. A neighbouring tenant had called 911 to report the sounds of a woman screaming coming from the apartment. Officers knocked on the door and asked the woman to open it. She tried but was unable to open the door. She could be heard moaning in distress and saying that she had been choked. An officer retrieved a ram and used it to break open the door. The woman was by the doorway and pointed in the direction of a hallway. The affected person appeared in the hallway. He was at the apartment in violation of a bail order. An officer ordered the affected person to put his hands behind his back. The affected person refused to do so and instead walked towards the officer. The officer grabbed a hold of the affected person and attempted to wrestle control of his arms behind his back. The affected person refused to release his arms. There followed a struggle during which the affected person was forced to the hallway floor and subjected to multiple punches by the officers, and the use of a CEW, before he was handcuffed behind the back. The affected person was taken into custody and transported to hospital on two occasions before he was eventually diagnosed with a broken left rib.
pursuit_custody_injury · 2026-Q1
The material events in question are clear on the evidence collected by the SIU and may briefly be summarized. In the morning of early 2026, police officers were on the lookout in a regional area for a SUV that had reportedly been involved in several collisions and was said to be operated in a reckless manner - speeding, swerving and skidding on the roadway. It had sustained significant damage to the front passenger side. An officer was among the officers responding to one of the collision scenes, travelling east on a county road, when they spotted the SUV passing them in the opposite direction. The officer performed a U-turn and accelerated after the vehicle, activating their cruiser’s emergency lights and siren. A short time later, the SUV pulled over to the shoulder of the road and came to a stop. The officer stopped a short distance behind the SUV. The driver was alone in the vehicle. They opened their driver’s door, observed the officer approaching them on foot, and asked the officer what they had done. The officer said they were driving a stolen vehicle. The driver said the vehicle was not stolen. Told they were being detained for a “hit and run”, the driver asked for more information. The driver refused to exit the SUV at the officer’s direction and then began to grapple with them on the road when the officer dragged them out. Another officer was responding to the first officer’s radio request for backup when they arrived on scene to find the two fighting in the middle of the road. The officer exited their cruiser and ran to the altercation just as the first officer was bringing the driver down against the driver side of the SUV. As the two continued to wrestle each other, the second officer threw six punches in the direction of the driver’s head. Following the final blow, the driver brought their hands to cover their face. They were turned onto their front and handcuffed behind the back. Following their arrest, the driver was seen at hospital and diagnosed with a fractured right orbital bone.
vehicle_injury · 2026-Q1
In the evening of early 2026, police officers were on the lookout for a vehicle being operated by someone who was possibly impaired. Police received information that a suspected impaired driver had left an area. About ten minutes later, the subject officer radioed that they had located the vehicle and were pursuing it. The driver did not stop for the officer. Instead, they led the officer on a chase during which they disregarded traffic rules and travelled at high speeds. The driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a utility pole at an intersection. The driver was transported to hospital and diagnosed with injuries. The subject officer was a few car lengths away from the driver at the time of the collision. They had tracked the vehicle over a distance of about three kilometres, at times well over the speed limit and through traffic lights without stopping.
vehicle_injury · 2026-Q1
In the evening of early 2026, police officers were on the lookout for a vehicle being operated by someone who was possibly impaired. Police received information that a suspected impaired driver had left an area. About ten minutes later, the subject officer radioed that they had located the vehicle and were pursuing it. The driver did not stop for the officer. Instead, they led the officer on a chase during which they disregarded stop signs and traffic lights, and travelled well over the speed limit, at times on the opposite side of the road. Having crossed a bridge, the driver continued at pace and lost control of the vehicle, slamming into a utility pole at an intersection. The driver was transported to hospital from the scene and diagnosed with injuries. The subject officer was a few car lengths away from the driver at the time of the collision. They had tracked the vehicle over a distance, at times well over the speed limit and, on at least two occasions, through red lights without first coming to a stop.
custody_injury · 2026-Q1
The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the affected person and police eyewitnesses, and video footage that largely captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. As was their legal right, neither subject officer agreed to interviews with the SIU. One of the subject officers did provide a written statement. In the late evening of early 2026, police officers were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident at an intersection in a residential area. The collision involved a single vehicle that had been stolen moments earlier. Witnesses to the collision reported that the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle – the affected person – had fled the area. The affected person had run from the site of the collision to a nearby street and ultimately made his way to the rear of a property where they hid in a backyard shed. A police dog unit was deployed to the area and eventually tracked the affected person to the shed. One of the officers who had been searching for the affected person called out to them but there was no response. The officer eventually opened the door to the shed and told the affected person to show their hands. When the affected person, lying on the ground, failed to do so, the officer discharged their CEW. As the affected person cried out in pain, the officer dragged them out of the shed, delivering a punch to the torso in the process. Other officers arrived on scene and joined in the arrest process. Repeated directions were given to the affected person to show and release their hands. The officer struck the affected person again in the torso and another officer punched them in the head or upper body area three times. Following another CEW discharge by the officer into the affected person’s back, their hands were controlled and handcuffed. The affected person was seen at hospital after their arrest and diagnosed with injuries.
vehicle_injury · 2026-Q1
In the evening of early 2026, police officers were on the lookout for a vehicle being operated by someone who was possibly impaired. Police received information that a suspected impaired driver had left an area. About ten minutes later, the subject officer radioed that they had located the vehicle and were pursuing it. The driver did not stop for the officer. Instead, they led the officer on a chase during which they disregarded stop signs and traffic lights, and travelled well over the speed limit, at times on the opposite side of the road. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it slammed into a utility pole at an intersection. The driver was transported to hospital from the scene and diagnosed with injuries. The subject officer was a few car lengths away from the driver at the time of the collision. They had tracked the vehicle over a distance of about three kilometres, at times well over the speed limit and, on at least two occasions, through red lights without first coming to a stop.
vehicle_injury · 2026-Q1
In the early morning of February 2026, the subject officer sat stationary in their marked cruiser in a parking lot at the southeast corner of a major intersection. They and their passenger were manning a perimeter point at that location. At about 2:43 a.m., two vehicles travelled past their location at excessive speed. The subject officer pulled onto the roadway and accelerated after the vehicles, intending to stop them in connection with their speed. One of the vehicles, with multiple passengers, including the affected person, continued at high speeds and eventually crashed into other vehicles at a red light, resulting in the affected person suffering a fractured hip. The subject officer arrived on scene and arrested the driver for dangerous driving.
custody_death · 2024-Q1
A person died from cardiovascular complications after being hospitalized for abdominal pain and undergoing surgery, before being transferred to a care center. The circumstances surrounding their death raise questions about the evaluation and monitoring of their cardiac condition during hospitalization.
custody_death · 2024-Q4
custody_death · 2023-Q1
custody_injury · 2024-Q1
A person died from complications related to Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, in the context of unintentional methotrexate poisoning, in Quebec. The person had several medical antecedents that greatly weakened them. The circumstances surrounding the death raise concerns about the surveillance of signs of drug toxicity in patients with comorbidities and treated with methotrexate.
custody_death · 2023-Q1
custody_death · 2024-Q4
vehicle_death · 2025-Q3
custody_death · 2019-Q2
vehicle_death · 2025-Q3
custody_death · 2020-Q3