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Toronto police officer charged in connection with sexual assault of a girlA Toronto police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting a young girl. The Special Investigations Unit, Ontario’s police watchdog, has charged the 27-year-old officer with multiple serious offences. Nicole Di Donato has the latest.CanadaJun 4
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SIU investigating motorcycle crash in VaughanThe Special Investigations Unit has invoked its mandate following an interaction between York Regional Police and a motorcyclist. As Megan King reports, one man was seriously injured while fleeing from police.CanadaApr 20
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SIU investigating after Durham Regional Police officer and suspect shot in OshawaOntario’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked it’s mandate after a Durham Regional Police officer, and suspect were both shot in Oshawa in the area of Simcoe St. South and Wentworth St. East on Sunday. As Lexy Benedict reports, it’s a developing situation as the SIU investigates the series of events.CanadaJan 18
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Driver charged following crash north of Cobourg and investigations by SIU and OPPA man faces charges in connection to a Canada Day crash north of Cobourg that involved extensive investigations by both the Special Investigations Unit and Northumberland OPP.CrimeJan 6
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SIU investigating following fatal police-involved shooting at Danforth GO stationOntario’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked their mandate after one person was killed early Saturday morning in a police-involved shooting at Toronto’s Danforth GO station. Lexy Benedict reports.CrimeDec 6, 2025
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New RCMP unit in New Brunswick will investigate sexual violenceA new sexual violence investigation unit made up of specially-trained RCMP officers will begin operating in Shediac, N.B. later this year. As Suzanne Lapointe reports, it’s a first unit of its kind in Atlantic Canada.CanadaNov 3, 2025
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Amber Alert suspect also sought in fatal Brampton shooting, killed by policeNiagara Regional Police have confirmed the suspect in both, an Ontario-issued Amber Alert and the fatal shooting of a Brampton woman Tuesday was shot multiple times and killed by an officer at a gas station in Niagara Falls early Wednesday. Though many questions remain unanswered, the “officer-involved shooting” has triggered Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit to...CanadaOct 22, 2025
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Toronto police body camera footage captures 2023 shooting of homeless manConst. Andrew Davis was originally charged with one count of aggravated assault and one count of discharging a firearm with intent by the Special Investigations Unit six months after the shooting of Devon Fowlin in February 2023.CrimeAug 28, 2025
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Man shot dead by Ontario police near Turkey Point marinaThe Ontario Province Police (OPP) Special Investigations Unit is investigating after a 22-year-old man was shot and killed by police on Tuesday afternoon in Turkey Point, Ont. Norfolk OPP said the altercation happened when the marine unit tried to stop a boater who entered a marina and fled on foot.CanadaAug 13, 2025
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Man falls from Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway after police pursuit for alleged armed carjackingThe Special Investigations Unit says it is probing an incident involving Toronto police that saw a man fall from the Gardiner Expressway — prompting its closure as well as the DVP — during a police pursuit following an alleged armed carjacking. Sean O’Shea reports.Jun 17, 2025
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Officer-involved shooting in Markham leaves man in critical condition, SIU investigatingSpecial Investigations Unit (SIU) Spokesperson Monica Hudon says a man is in life threatening, critical condition after an officer discharged their weapon against the man once after police were called to a residence on Buchanan Drive in Markham, Ont. around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, finding the man stabbing a woman with a knife inside the unit.CanadaJun 11, 2025
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SIU Investigates Two Separate Police-Involved ShootingsA man is dead following a police-involved shooting at Pearson Airport on Thursday morning. This incident comes just days after another Special Investigations Unit (SIU) investigation into a separate police shooting in North York that left a 16-year-old boy dead during a traffic stop. The SIU is now reviewing both cases. Ian Scott, the former...CrimeApr 25, 2025
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Body-worn camera footage released in fatal police shooting of 16-year-old in TorontoAs Catherine McDonald reports, newly released body-worn camera footage capturing the fatal police interaction with a 16-year-old male near Sheppard avenue and Bathurst street. a former director of the special investigations unit (SIU) says the video provides compelling evidence that officers were justified in using their firearms.CrimeApr 23, 2025
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Man in critical condition after a shooting involving Toronto policeOntario’s Special Investigations Unit says there was an exchange of gunfire between an occupant of a vehicle, which was pulled over and two officers around 11 pm Sunday. Catherine McDonald reports.Global News at 6 TorontoApr 21, 2025
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Ontario SIU investigating after man allegedly shot in leg by police, airlifted to hospitalThe Ontario Special Investigations Unit are investigating after a man was allegedly shot in the leg by police on Saturday and was airlifted from Cambridge to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.Mar 31, 2018
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Suspect shot after knife attack in KingstonA man is dead after he allegedly wielded a knife in downtown Kingston on Thursday, killing one and injuring another. As Erica Vella reports, the suspect was allegedly shot by a police officer and now Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating.CrimeSep 12, 2019
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SIU charge two Peterborough police officers with assault causing bodily harmThe Special Investigations Unit has charged two Peterborough police officers with assault following an arrest of a man last August.Jan 26, 2018
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Ontario’s police watchdog called in to investigate the death of a woman near KingstonA 49 year old woman was found dead at her home in Tichborne, about an hour north of Kingston, early Saturday Morning. The Special Investigations Unit has been called in because four hours before the woman’s body was found, OPP officers had driven the woman home.Jan 15, 2018
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Ontario Police Chiefs and Special Investigations Unit argue over when police should report Naloxone use to the police oversight organizationKingston Police Deputy Chief is hoping forclarification from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional ServicesFeb 21, 2018
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Global News at 6 Toronto: May 5, 2024The parents of an infant and two grandparents killed in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 in Whitby, Ont., last week say they are reeling from their losses. “Our family is reeling from a devastating tragedy following a wrong-way crash involving a police chase,” read a statement from the parents released Sunday by the Special...May 5, 2024