Special Investigations Unit

• SIU clears Peterborough police officer after woman suffers fractured spine during theft arrest

  The SIU say a woman attempted to flee from an off-duty officer during a theft arrest on Jan. 18, 2022.

  Crime

  May 18
  
• SIU clears OPP, Durham police after Port Hope carjacking suspect dies from self-inflicted wounds

  The SIU says a man brandishing a machete ordered a pickup truck to flee Port Hope following an earlier two-vehicle crash on Jan. 9, 2022.

  Crime

  May 10
  
• Advertisement
• SIU to investigate Bowmanville crash in Canadian Tire plaza after police chase

  The province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating a collision following a police chase that sent one person to hospital.

  Crime

  May 1
• Advertisement
• SIU ends Guelph probe after medical records reveal no serious injury

  The SIU says the investigation stems from the January arrest of a 30-year-old man by Guelph police in the area of Elmira and Paisley roads.

  Crime

  Apr 28
• Ontario’s police watchdog lays assault charge against Peel Region officer

  The director for the Ontario SIU said he has 'reasonable grounds' to believe that the Peel Regional Police officer committed a criminal offence during an arrest last August.

  Crime

  Apr 25
• SIU drops probe into Hamilton Mountain resident’s injury claim tied to police officer interaction

  Ontario's police watchdog terminated the probe saying medical records from the Hamilton complainant, required for the investigation, didn't reveal any serious injury.

  Crime

  Apr 12
• SIU launches investigation after Toronto police officer fires ‘less lethal shotgun’

  SIU investigators have been assigned to the case. The oversight organization is now involved in the investigation because less lethal shotguns are classed as firearms.

  Crime

  Apr 4
• SIU ends investigation into injuries sustained by London woman who jumped from balcony

  The SIU says London police were not in the immediate vicinity of a woman who jumped off an apartment balcony, fracturing both of her arms.

  Crime

  Mar 29
• Advertisement
• SIU clear City of Kawartha Lakes OPP officer in shooting death near Bobcaygeon in November 2021

  The SIU say a City of Kawartha Lakes OPP officer encountered a man who pointed a rifle at the officer on the morning of Nov. 25, 2021.

  Crime

  Mar 25
• Advertisement
• Resident claims he suffered fracture, cuts during interaction with Hamilton police

  Ontario's police watch dog is investigation an incident tied to a video which shows a physical interaction with a police officer and a Hamilton resident.

  Crime

  Mar 14