SIU – No Charges Against Durham Police Officer in Man’s Death After Highway 115 Collision, CEW Discharge
SIU Investigating Critical Injuries Suffered by Man After Clarington Collision, CEW Discharge
Update: Man Dead After Highway 115 Collision, CEW Discharge
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has found no reasonable grounds to believe that a Durham Regional Police Service officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the death of a 48-year-old man last October.
In the morning of October 2, 2021, officers were looking for the man who had reportedly committed an armed robbery of a jewelry store in Belleville. The man had fled the scene and eventually crashed his vehicle into the ditch on Highway 115 between Concession Road 8 and Skelding Road. He left the vehicle and started fighting with the driver of another vehicle that was stopped on the shoulder of the highway. As officers approached, the man fled across the highway. He swore and threatened to shoot the officers. The subject official deployed a Conducted Energy Weapon and the man fell on the roadway. The other officer handcuffed him. The man became unresponsive during a search, so officers administered two doses of naloxone and assisted with resuscitative efforts. The man was taken to hospital via ambulance and died the following day.
Director Martino found that while the cause of the man’s death remains unknown at this time, there were no reasonable grounds to believe that it was attributable to unlawful conduct by the involved officers. The file has been closed.
Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):
https://siu.on.ca/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=1796
Author: Pete Fisher
Has been a photojournalist for over 30-years and have been honoured to win numerous awards for photography and writing over the years. Best selling author for the book Highway of Heroes - True Patriot Love