A Star investigation has found lack of results and little accountability from the $7 million a year Special Investigations Unit that probes police accused of injuring or killing civilians.
https://www.thestar.com/news/article/882189--are-these-cops-above-the-law?bn=1
A Toronto police officer inexplicably floors his gas pedal, speeds into an illegal right turn and runs down a grandmother, severing her brain stem and killing her instantly.
An OPP constable wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a baton and pepper spray shoots and kills an intellectually challenged 59-year-old man holding a small pocket knife.
During a traffic stop near Canada's Wonderland, York Region officers rough up a small, 50-year-old accountant, breaking his arm and leaving him roadside.
A Peel Region police officer sucker-punches a handcuffed prisoner and breaks his jaw in two places.
Two teens chatting on the grass in a public park are run over by a Durham Region squad car, suffering extensive injuries.
All of these officers were quickly cleared by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
https://www.thestar.com/news/article/882189--are-these-cops-above-the-law?bn=1
A Toronto police officer inexplicably floors his gas pedal, speeds into an illegal right turn and runs down a grandmother, severing her brain stem and killing her instantly.
An OPP constable wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a baton and pepper spray shoots and kills an intellectually challenged 59-year-old man holding a small pocket knife.
During a traffic stop near Canada's Wonderland, York Region officers rough up a small, 50-year-old accountant, breaking his arm and leaving him roadside.
A Peel Region police officer sucker-punches a handcuffed prisoner and breaks his jaw in two places.
Two teens chatting on the grass in a public park are run over by a Durham Region squad car, suffering extensive injuries.
All of these officers were quickly cleared by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU)
