The province’s police watchdog says it has been forced to close an investigation into allegations a man was beaten unconscious by Toronto officers this summer because police are keeping essential information — the alleged victim’s complaint — secret.
Toronto police quickly fired back, with spokesman Mark Pugash saying the claim is “just comprehensively wrong.”
Ian Scott, director of the Special Investigations Unit, said Wednesday he was unable to conduct an “adequate” probe into a brutality complaint made by Tyrone Phillips, who alleges police beat him up during his arrest outside a nightclub.
Toronto police, Scott said, have refused to provide the SIU with Phillips’ complaint, first filed to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director, a provincial agency that probes grievances against police, then forwarded on to police.
The result is an “almost comical situation” where the agency charged with probing police activity does not have access to the complaint, Scott said.
more shucking and jiving
Public spat between Toronto police, SIU after police brutality complaint - thestar.com
Toronto police quickly fired back, with spokesman Mark Pugash saying the claim is “just comprehensively wrong.”
Ian Scott, director of the Special Investigations Unit, said Wednesday he was unable to conduct an “adequate” probe into a brutality complaint made by Tyrone Phillips, who alleges police beat him up during his arrest outside a nightclub.
Toronto police, Scott said, have refused to provide the SIU with Phillips’ complaint, first filed to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director, a provincial agency that probes grievances against police, then forwarded on to police.
The result is an “almost comical situation” where the agency charged with probing police activity does not have access to the complaint, Scott said.
more shucking and jiving
Public spat between Toronto police, SIU after police brutality complaint - thestar.com
