News Release

News Release

SIU Concludes Investigation into Toronto Yonge-Dundas Square Arrest

Case Number: 24-TCI-355   

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Mississauga, ON (19 December, 2024) ---
In the evening of August 24, 2024, Toronto Police Service officers were working a paid-duty patrolling the area around Yonge-Dundas Square when they noticed a man carrying a motorcycle helmet. The helmet was similar in description to reports broadcast earlier that day of the helmet worn by a motorcyclist that was said to have struck and injured a police officer. The officers approached the man – who was standing at this time – to investigate. A struggle ensued, and the man ran away and got on his motorcycle. The officers stopped the man, and another struggle ensued. The man was eventually arrested and taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a right occult scaphoid fracture. On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that any officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the 28-year-old man’s arrest and injury.

Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision): https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.php.

If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by an incident under SIU investigation and would like support, the Affected Persons Program is here to help. You can reach us at 1-877-641-1897. Support is free, confidential, and available 24/7, every day of the year.

The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (municipal, regional and provincial police officers, police officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, 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

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Kristy Denette, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES