Skip to main content

Windsor police officers cleared by SIU after man was injured

The province’s Special Investigations Unit. (File photo) The province’s Special Investigations Unit. (File photo)
Share

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Director, Joseph Martino, has cleared two Windsor police officers after a man was injured.

On April 25, officers were called to a home in the area of Wyandotte Street East and Lauzon Road. The homeowner called police, reporting an intoxicated man was acting aggressively. She asked Windsor police to remove him.

The SIU said police arrived and told the man he had to leave. He was allowed to gather his belongings from the basement of the home.

“After a time, the officers followed him to the basement,” said a news release.

“The officers became embroiled in a physical engagement with the man before handcuffing him behind the back.”

According to the SIU, the man refused medical treatment. He was eventually transferred to Brampton, where he was seen at the hospital. The 45-year-old man was diagnosed with left-sided orbital fractures.

Martino said there are no reasonable grounds to believe the Windsor police officers committed a criminal offence.

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Stay Connected