The province’s police watchdog has cleared a Toronto officer from having committed a criminal offence after being involved in a collision that seriously injured a 61-year-old man.
Ontario’s police watchdog invoked its mandate after an officer was involved in a collision in north Etobicoke on March 29. According to police, the incident happened on March 29, 2024 at around 5 p.m. in north Etobicoke. The Toronto police officer was responding to a break-and-enter in progress at a business in the area, which then led to a vehicle pursuit., the SIU said that the officer failed to stop at a red light despite being required to amid the pursuit.
The Toronto officer involved was transported to hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. The SIU invoked its mandate following the collision, as it does when police are involved in an incident that results in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person.
While the officer was cleared of all charges, the SIU found the officer to have not been as “careful as he should have been…” “Director Martino found the officer was not as careful as he should have been, but concluded his conduct fell short of transgressing the limits of care prescribed by the criminal law,” states the news release.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Toronto’s historic Revue Cinema obtains Ontario Superior Court injunction staving off closureThe injunction prevents landlords from interfering with Revue’s business operations until a trial has taken place
Read more »
Toronto staff looking into Ontario's legal duties to operate science centreToronto city staff are looking into what legal requirements the province may have to operate or maintain the Ontario Science Centre, after Premier Doug Ford's government abruptly shuttered the facility citing structural concerns.
Read more »
Toronto staff looking into Ontario’s legal duties, if any, to operate science centreToronto city staff are looking into what legal requirements the province may have to operate or maintain the Ontario Science Centre after it was abruptly shuttered.
Read more »
Toronto staff looking into Ontario's legal duties, if any, to operate science centreTORONTO — Toronto city staff are looking into what legal requirements the province may have to operate or maintain the Ontario Science Centre, after Premier Doug Ford's government abruptly shuttered the facility citing structural concerns.
Read more »
Toronto staff looking into Ontario's legal duties, if any, to operate science centreTORONTO — Toronto city staff are looking into what legal requirements the province may have to operate or maintain the Ontario Science Centre, after Premier Doug Ford's government abruptly shuttered the facility citing structural concerns.
Read more »
Toronto councillors approve motion urging city to take control of Ontario Science CentreThe province abruptly announced the permanent shuttering of the facility, citing roof problems, but critics argue those issues can be fixed without closing the building
Read more »