News Release

News Release

SIU Investigating Custody Injury in Oshawa

Case Number: 10-OCI-228   

Mississauga (25 October, 2010) --- Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing the circumstances surrounding the injuries sustained by a man in Oshawa early yesterday morning. The SIU investigation to this point has determined the following:
  • At approximately 7:00 a.m. October 24, 2010, officers of the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) went to an address on Gibb Street to execute a search warrant.
  • During the police investigation an 18-year-old male suffered non-life threatening injuries.  He was taken to Lakeridge Health Science in Oshawa and later transferred to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
Five investigators from the SIU have been assigned to this investigation.  At present one officer has been designated as a subject officer and thirteen officers as witness officers.
Anyone who may have information regarding this case is asked to contact the Unit at 416-622-0748 or 1-800-787-8529.

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