The province’s Special Investigations Unit has suspended one investigator and disciplined two others for their conduct during the investigation of the February police shooting of hospital patient Michael Eligon.
The suspension follows a documentary shot by a French television crew, which shows an SIU forensic investigator in the lab wearing what is believed to be a police ring, a violation of SIU policy because it creates the appearance of a pro-police bias.
Two other investigators were ordered to get counselling from a supervisor after the TV footage appeared to show they were arriving at conclusions about what happened before the interviews were complete.
“I found it quite stunning,” said Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin, who saw the French TV video in his office two weeks ago and brought it to the SIU’s attention.
SIU Director Ian Scott said he suspended the forensic investigator within 24 hours of learning of the video.
