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SIU investigating after OPP recovers body in Norfolk County, Ont.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says its director found "no reasonable grounds" to charge the officer after a 42-year-old drowned in Waterford following an interaction with police. OPP / Twitter

The province’s police watchdog has launched an investigation surrounding the death of a 42-year-old man in Norfolk County, Ont.

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The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says around 7 p.m. Saturday, OPP responded to a call about a man acting “erratically.”

Officers reportedly had an interaction with the man and saw him enter the Waterford Ponds.

Police were unable to find him.

At 12:14 p.m. Sunday, the OPP Marine Unit recovered a body.

The SIU says two investigators and one forensic investigator have been assigned to the case.

They’re asking anyone who may have information about this investigation to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529.

Anyone with video evidence is asked to upload it through the SIU website.

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