An Ontario Provincial Police officer is being charged after a man was seriously injured in Trenton last year.
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe the officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident on the morning of November 23, 2023.
The SIU investigation found the officer saw the 40-year-old man urinate in front of the CIBC bank on Dundas Street West and when he handcuffed the suspect, there was an interaction between the two.
The man was later taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with serious injuries.
As a result of the SIU investigation, Cst Jeffry Szijarto is charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm.
Cst. Szijarto is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on July 25.
As the matter is before the courts, and in consideration of the fair trial interests of the accused, the SIU will not provide further comment on the investigation.
