News Release

News Release

SIU Finds No Grounds for Charges in Cambridge Incident Involving Man’s Self-Inflicted Injury

Case Number: 26-OCI-036   

Mississauga, ON (8 May, 2026) ---
In the morning of January 20, 2026, Waterloo Regional Police Service officers attended a residence in Cambridge to arrest a 50-year-old man for having breached a term of a release order when he entered his home address to retrieve a pair of glasses. The man refused to allow them in and told them to get a warrant. When the officers eventually entered the house, having been allowed in by one of the homeowners, the man fled upstairs into a second-floor bathroom. The officers spoke with the man through the bathroom door and were led to believe that he was taking a shower, after which he would surrender to police. When officers were made aware that something was wrong, an officer kicked open the locked bathroom door and discovered the man had cut his right forearm. An officer applied a tourniquet and first aid was administered. He was transported to hospital. 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 man’s 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