SIU – No Charges Against Cobourg Police Officer After Man Suffers Broken Elbow

The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, has found no reasonable grounds to believe that a Cobourg Police Service officer committed a criminal offence in connection with a fractured left elbow suffered by a 45-year-old man in the course of his arrest last October.

On October 17, 2021, officers were called to an apartment on University Avenue West for an alleged assault. During the man’s arrest, he tried to pull away and an officer pulled him to the ground by his left arm. He was taken to hospital and diagnosed with the injury.

Director Martino accepted that the man’s serious injury resulted from the takedown; however, there was insufficient evidence to reasonably conclude the force used by the subject official was unlawful. The file has been closed.

Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision):