News Release
SIU Investigation Started in Toronto after Man on Bike was Injured
Case Number: 17-TVI-004
Other News Releases Related to Case 17-TVI-004
- Sometime in the evening of January 9th, 2017, Toronto Police were called to the area of McCowan Road and Lawrence Avenue East.
- Around 7:30 p.m., police officers responded to the area.
- The officers located a man on a bicycle on McCowan Road.
- Shortly after that, there was a collision between a police cruiser and the bicycle.
- The 52-year-old man was transported to hospital with serious injuries.
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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