News Release
Officer’s Use of CEW on Man Armed with Knife in Mississauga Justified; No Criminal Charges Warranted
Case Number: 16-OCI-264
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The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Tony Loparco, has determined there are no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against a Peel Regional Police Service officer in relation to the injuries sustained by a 24-year-old man during an interaction on October 19, 2016. On this date, the complainant was armed with a knife in a public area, had cut himself several times and approached a civilian witness and several police officers while holding the knife. When a police officer deployed his conducted energy weapon, the man fell and struck his head on the pavement, resulting in serious injuries.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=3276
The Director’s Report was delivered to the Attorney General, as is required by law under the Police Services Act. The Attorney General has directed that the document be posted online.
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations