Watchdog clears Ontario cop who claimed he ‘murdered’ 2 people, finds him unwell
TORONTO — An Ontario police officer who claimed he “murdered” two people in separate encounters was cleared of any wrongdoing on Monday, after the province’s police watchdog found he had been in a state of medical distress when he made his frenzied claims.
The Special Investigations Unit said it had to reopen its files on two separate fatal police interactions after a Brantford Police Service officer walked into a station at 4:45 a.m. one day in December 2014 and insisted on discussing the deaths that had taken place years ago.
“The subject officer was in a state of medical distress when he attended the BPS headquarters,” the SIU concluded in a lengthy statement released Monday. “His continuous discussions with the officers present was disjointed and characterized by religious and paranoid delusions.”
SIU Director Tony Loparco said the officer repeatedly said he had “murdered” two men and claimed he had lied to the SIU during the oversight body’s original investigations into their deaths.