pursuit_custody_injury · 2025-Q4
Special Investigations Unit (Ontario) · SIU case 25-PCI-496
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The evidence collected by the SIU , including interviews with the SO and another police eyewitness, and video footage that largely captured the incident, gives rise to the following scenario. In the evening of December 2, 2025, OPP officers, including the SO , were dispatched to an address in Pembroke. A resident of the multi-unit address had contacted police to report concern with the wellbeing of a male – the Complainant – causing a disturbance at the property. He had been talking to himself and threatening to kill someone. The SO arrived on scene at about 5:50 p.m., joined by WO #1 and WO #2. WO #1 and WO #2 attended at a unit of the building and arrested the Complainant on a warrant in effect for his arrest for breach of a probation order. He was handcuffed behind the back, escorted outside and searched by the officers beside WO #2’s cruiser. A number of items were seized, including a vape, a needle containing liquid, a .22-calibre round and some money. The Complainant was subsequently placed in the backseat of WO #1’s cruiser and read his rights by the officer. WO #1 exited the cruiser at about 6:25 p.m., leaving the Complainant alone. He and WO #2 returned to the unit to search the residence for firearms. [5] Left alone in the cruiser, the Complainant slipped his handcuffed arms below his legs and repositioned them to the front. He subsequently reached towards the crotch area of his pants, retrieved a bag and ingested a white substance it contained. Shortly after the Complainant’s consumption of the substance, at about 6:31 p.m., the SO began to monitor the Complainant from outside the cruiser using the lights from her cruiser and a flashlight. The Complainant brought his hands up to his mouth area on several occasions. At about 6:45 p.m., having concluded the search of the unit, WO #1 returned to his cruiser and checked on the Complainant in the rear. The Complainant was shaking and pale. Noting that the handcuffs were now to the front, and suspecting a drug overdose, WO #1 requested EMS . The Complainant was removed from the cruiser, administered two doses of Narcan and placed in the recovery position pending the arrival of paramedics. EMS arrived at about 7:00 p.m. The Complainant was taken to hospital and treated for drug overdose.
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