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custody_injury · 2026-Q1
The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the affected person, the subject officer and additional police and non-police witnesses, and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. In early 2026, a team of officers with a regional police service, operating in plainclothes and unmarked vehicles with a specialized unit, were looking to arrest a group of males suspected in a series of crimes. One of them - the affected person – was also subject to an arrest warrant. The team – including multiple witness officers and the subject officer – tracked the suspects to a location in a city, the address of a public venue. The officers surveilled the vehicles and the males. The affected person removed items from the trunk of their vehicle and placed them on the bed of another vehicle. After a time, the officers decided to move in to arrest the suspects. The venue was closed, the area was empty and most of the males were out of the vehicles. The plan was to approach the vehicles and box them in from the front and sides to prevent the males using them to escape. On seeing the unmarked police vehicles converging on their location, the males entered their vehicles and tried to drive off. The driver of one vehicle moved back and forth on a couple of occasions, pushing the police vehicles in front of him sufficiently back to allow him to escape. The affected person also drove forward into the police vehicle in front of them, propelling it backwards. They then backed up and accelerated forward again, pushing the police vehicle further back. When the affected person reversed a second time, their vehicle spun to the right and came to a stop; its driver side had struck a light standard. As this was occurring, the subject officer had smashed out the driver’s window with their baton and attempted to incapacitate the affected person through the window with a conducted energy weapon, but neither of the discharges were effective. With the affected person’s vehicle at rest, the subject officer and another officer struggled to remove the affected person from the driver’s seat, at least partly because the driver’s door was wedged against the light standard. The affected person was eventually forced out of the vehicle by the officers and taken to the ground where they were struck several times by the officers before being handcuffed behind the back. Paramedics attended the scene and transported the affected person to hospital where they were diagnosed with a serious injury.
custody_transport_injury · 2026-Q1
The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the affected person and police witnesses, and video footage that captured the incident in part, gives rise to the following scenario. As was their legal right, neither subject officer agreed to an interview with the SIU. They did authorize the release of their notes. In the evening of early 2026, the subject officers were on patrol operating a marked cruiser. At about 9:41 p.m., the officers began to follow a vehicle for failing to stop at a red light before making a right turn onto a street and heading south. The vehicle quickly turned left into an apartment complex and then left again onto a ramp to the underground parking for a building. The cruiser, its emergency lights activated while stopped behind the vehicle, followed the vehicle as the entry gate rose and the garage door opened. The affected person was driving the vehicle. He continued down a lane between rows of parking spaces, reversed into a parking spot and exited his vehicle. He was immediately confronted by one of the officers asking where he was going. The officers had stopped their cruiser short of the vehicle in the lane. The affected person walked past the officers and towards a wall, against which he began to urinate. He was pinned against the wall by one of the officers while he continued to relieve himself, after which he began to struggle against both officers as they tried to control his arms behind his back. The affected person was told he had failed to stop for police. The parties struggled for about five minutes. With the assistance of additional officers, the affected person was handcuffed and taken into custody. He had been forced to the ground, punched twice in the head by one of the officers and drive-stunned multiple times in the back by the other officer. The affected person was transported to hospital and diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, which was attributed to trauma and the use of the CEW.
custody_injury · 2026-Q1
The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the complainant and 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. They did authorize the release of their notes. In the morning of early 2026, a constable was a Community Intervention Response Team (CIRT) officer on patrol in their marked cruiser when their Automatic Licence Plate Recognition (ALPR) device detected a stolen vehicle - a Jeep Wrangler - parked outside a market in Brampton. The officer radioed for the assistance of another officer. The subject officer responded to the request and arrived in the area. Notwithstanding the tinted windows on the Jeep, it was determined that there was a male in the driver’s seat of the vehicle. The constable positioned their cruiser directly behind the Jeep to prevent its escape as the subject officer went to the driver’s door and opened it. Their intention was to arrest the driver. The complainant was sitting in the Jeep and gripped the steering wheel with their right hand as the subject officer, joined shortly by the constable, attempted to forcibly extricate them. The subject officer delivered several punches to the complainant’s head and upper body area. The complainant was forced out of the vehicle, taken to the ground and punched again in the abdomen by the subject officer before they were handcuffed behind the back. Following their arrest, the complainant was transported to hospital and diagnosed with a broken nose.
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 afternoon of early 2026, the police service received 911 calls about a male causing a disturbance inside and outside a transit bus stopped in the southbound lanes of a street. At about the same time, an officer was on patrol in her cruiser travelling west when she was flagged down by a person in connection with the same disturbance. The officer brought her cruiser to a stop in front of the bus and exited to investigate. The male was the affected person. He was heavily intoxicated by alcohol and bleeding from the head. Moments prior, a male passenger on the bus had fought with the affected person, also a passenger, and forcibly ejected him from the bus. On learning of the altercation in the bus, the driver had contacted security and locked-down the vehicle pending the arrival of assistance. The affected person had attempted to re-enter the bus, banging and kicking its exterior and causing damage to the front door. He had also banged on other vehicles passing by in the area. The officer attempted to escort the affected person off the roadway but he refused. At one point, he got in the officer’s face and forced her backward. Another officer arrived on scene with their partner and intervened to assist the first officer in taking the affected person to the roadway. With their partner’s assistance, the officers proceeded to handcuff the affected person’s hands behind the back. Paramedics arrived on scene and transported the affected person to hospital. He was treated for lacerations to the head and forehead, and diagnosed with a neck fracture.
custody_death · 2020-Q4
An individual died from complications of acute fentanyl toxicity at a hospital in late 2020.
custody_death · 2020-Q4
An individual died from complications of acute fentanyl toxicity at a hospital in late 2020.
firearm_death · 2016-Q4
A man died from gunshot wounds in a city. The coroner's inquest made recommendations to the police service and other organizations to improve public safety and prevent similar deaths.
firearm_death · 2013-Q3
The death of a person, who died from a gunshot wound to the chest in July 2013, at a hospital in Toronto.
custody_death · 2020-Q4
An individual died from complications of acute fentanyl toxicity at a hospital in late 2020.
custody_death · 2018-Q2
Inquest into the death of the affected person, who died at a correctional facility on June 15, 2018.
custody_death · 2015-Q2
Inquest into the death of the affected person, who died at a regional health centre in June 2015.
custody_death · 2021-Q3
An individual died from complications of Type 1 Hypersensitivity Reaction with a contributing factor of acute ethanol toxicity at a correctional centre in mid-2021.
custody_death · 2019-Q4
An individual died from combined heroin and fentanyl toxicity at a hospital in late 2019.
custody_death · 2018-Q4
Inquest into the death of the affected person, who died at a hospital in a regional city in late 2018.
custody_death · 2018-Q4
An individual died from fentanyl toxicity at a correctional institution in late 2018.
custody_death · 2021-Q3
An individual died by hanging at a detention centre in Ottawa in late summer 2021.
custody_death · 2018-Q4
A man died from acute toxic effects of fentanyl and cocaine at a detention centre. The coroner's inquest made recommendations to the Ministry of the Solicitor General and the detention centre to improve the care and safety of persons in custody.
custody_death · 2020-Q4
An individual died from complications of acute fentanyl toxicity at a hospital.
custody_death · 2022-Q2
An individual died from complications of fentanyl toxicity at a hospital in June 2022.
custody_death · 2020-Q4
A person died while in custody at a correctional complex in the region.