Ontario's police oversight agency found it "reasonable" to believe that police officers inStratfordhad committed a criminal offense in connection with the death of an 18-month-old baby. There is no valid basis,” February 2021.
The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) said on February 16, 2021, first responders were summoned to a Downey Street address in Stratford.
According to the SIU, the child was found without her vital signature and was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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According to the SIU, "some weeks ago" a member of the Stratford Police Department had information "raising concerns about the welfare of the child." The question arose whether police could have intervened to prevent his death days before he died," the news release said.
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SIU said it had launched an investigation focused on that question.
SIU Director Joseph Martino said he was "satisfied that the subject (SO) had not fulfilled his duty to care for the child," but that the officer was "not in government mandated care." did not exceed the limits of criminal law.
The SIU is an independent agency that investigates the conduct of police officers in cases of suspected death, serious injury, or sexual assault.
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