Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared two Toronto officers after a boy was seriously injured during an arrest in December.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) — responsible for probing various police-involved incidents including those that result in serious injury — announced the news in a statement.
It said that on Dec. 27, 2022, a 14-year-old boy was seriously injured during an arrest by Toronto police. Two officers were the subject of the investigation.
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The SIU, however, found there were “no reasonable grounds to believe that either officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the youth’s arrest and injury.”
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