The Director of the province’s Special Investigations Unit has terminated an investigation into the arrest last month of a 57-year-old woman in Owen Sound.
A release from SIU Director Joseph Martino says on April 3rd, the woman was arrested by Owen Sound Police on an outstanding warrant.
According to the SIU, the following day, after her release, the woman told a police officer she suffered a broken left leg while she had been in police custody.
The SIU says a review of the woman’s medical records established that she did not sustain any fractures.
They say, as the woman did not suffer a ‘serious injury’ within the terms of the SIU’s mandate, it is satisfied the SIU was without jurisdiction in the matter and the file has been closed.
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person.
Its investigators are civilians.
