Ontario Police Watchdog

• Police say man died during arrest in intimate partner call, Ontario watchdog probes

  Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating after a man became unresponsive and died during his arrest by Sudbury police Tuesday morning.

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  Jan 2
  
• 88-year-old man arrested in Mississauga under Mental Health Act suffers injury, later dies: SIU

  An 88-year-old man who was apprehended under the Mental Health Act in Mississauga suffered an injury during the arrest and later died, Ontario's police watchdog says. 

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  Sep 26, 2023
  
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• Waterloo officer cleared after man jumps from transport truck during police chase

  Waterloo Regional Police have been cleared of wrongdoing by Ontario’s police watchdog after a man was injured during a police chase in Cambridge in May.

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  Sep 19, 2023
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• Police watchdog investigating death of woman during gun investigation

  The Special Investigations Unit says Halton Regional Police were called Friday evening about reports of a gun at an apartment in Burlington, and went to check it out.

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  Jul 8, 2023
• Ontario police watchdog lays assault charge against Sarnia cop

  Sarnia police responded to reports of trespassing at a church on Oct. 23. A 35-year-old man was “arrested and subsequently diagnosed with a serious injury.”

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  Jul 7, 2023
• No criminal charges for London officer who broke man’s ribs: SIU

  'With respect to the force used by the SO in the Complainant’s arrest, I am unable to reasonably conclude that it was unlawful,' Ontario's SIU director wrote of a London arrest.

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  Jun 28, 2023
• Man dead after fall from downtown Toronto hotel, police watchdog investigating

  Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of a 58-year-old man who fell from a downtown Toronto hotel early Thursday.

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  Jun 15, 2023
• Police watchdog investigates after London, Ont. man sent to hospital with injuries from arrest

  The provincial police watchdog has invoked its mandate after a man was injured during an arrest Sunday in the area of Ridout Street South and Craig Street in London, Ont.

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  Jun 6, 2023
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• Woman seriously injured after crash with Oshawa, Ont. police car: SIU

  On Saturday evening, officers with the Durham Regional Police Service went to an incident on Harmony Road, the Special Investigations Unit said.

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  May 28, 2023
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• SIU to investigate use of officer’s gun in deadly Bourget, Ont. shooting

  The Special Investigations Unit says it has invoked its mandate to investigate the police firearm discharge during a shooting that left an OPP officer dead and two others injured.

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  May 16, 2023