Peel Regional Police Association 10675 Mississauga Road Brampton, ON L7A 0B6

Phone: 905-846-0615Fax: 905-846-0649E-mail: admin@peelpa.on.ca www.peelpa.on.ca

July 22, 2015

Mr. Tony Loparco, Director
Special Investigations Unit
5090 Commerce Boulevard
Mississauga, Ontario
L4W 5M4
Dear Mr. Loparco
A death of any kind is a sad and traumatic circumstance particularly for the family members of the deceased
person. When the death is as a result of an encounter with police it is also a very traumatic experience for the involved
officers. Almost immediately, the involved officer(s) are subjected to a very rigorous process of scrutiny and discovery that
can have an immeasurable impact on the emotional well-being of those officers. As you can appreciate, our police officers
are professional in their behaviour and come to work each day with nothing but the best of intentions. When our officers
find themselves involved in an unfortunate situation that necessitates inquiry from your office there is an expectation that
our members will receive a fair and reasonable investigation by your staff. We would expect nothing less.
Your recent investigation into the Jermaine Carby shooting in Brampton is one such example, in that your office
came to the appropriate and expected decision in clearing the officer of any wrongdoing.
However, the subsequent Press Release of your findings made comments about our officers, that were inciteful
and inflammatory, while failing to fully explain the exoneration of our subject officer. Using the word tampering to
describe events surrounding the knife, leads one to believe that police had sinister motives. It is, quite simply, unacceptable
for you to make such an inappropriate and inaccurate statement. Like a gun properly seized from the subject officer, the
knife was seized in good faith, was correctly bagged for forensic purposes, was properly turned over to a Supervisor for
safekeeping, and in due course turned over to SIU forensic investigators. Your comment, suggesting the knife was not
turned over for several hours is also misleading. Most of those hours and minutes were derived waiting for the SIU forensic
investigators to arrive. Again, press release commentary, that sheds an unexplained and incorrect light on Police actions,
creates an air of mistrust amongst our membership with the SIU.
Lastly, the unwarranted comment concerning our subject officer not speaking with SIU investigators is strictly his
constitutional right, and a process being directed by legal counsel. Comments such as this also suggest there are ulterior
motives, when in fact you had independent and convincing evidence that the Officers actions were legally justified.
Our membership understands the need for Civilian oversight, and welcomes fair and unbiased investigations done
in a timely fashion. Press releases, dispatched with incomplete and unexplained information, allows for unwarranted
assumptions by the public that deepens not only our mistrust of the SIU, but undermines public confidence in their police
service.
Sincerely,

Paul Black, President

PEEL REGIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION
Multis e gentibus vires ~ From many peoples strength