Definitions - In Police custody death

Question 1

means a member of the cadre of on-call Toronto
Police Service uniform senior officers that acts as the designated authority and manages the SIU event in the field on behalf
of the Chief.

Answer 1

Chief’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) On-Call Designated Authority

Question 2

means the death of a person at any time during an arrest/detention and before the person’s release or
transfer to another agency’s custody.

Answer 2

Death in Custody

Question 3

means that the SIU Director may cause an investigation to be conducted into
any incident in which any of the following occurs, if the incident may have resulted from the criminal conduct of a Service
official:

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 the death of a person
 the serious injury of a person
 the discharge of a firearm at a person (regardless of causing injury or death, and including less lethal weapons);
and/or
 the sexual assault of a person, as reported by the person.
The SIU Director may cause an investigation to be conducted if, at the time of the incident,
 the official was on duty; or
 the official was off-duty but

Answer 3

Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Mandate