Tag: Special Investigations Unit
Grieving parents want answers after London officer cleared in fatal shooting
The parents of a Sarnia man fatally shot by a London police officer are asking why the officer didn’t try non-lethal force before shooting their son “point-blank.”
‘Life was on the line’: No charges against officer in fatal shooting in alley: SIU
A Sarnia man had been choking a London police officer for nearly a minute when another officer fatally shot him in a Richmond Row alley last fall, Ontario’s police watchdog said in a report released Monday. Following a nine-month investigation, the director of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says the officer who shot Justin Bourassa, […]
SIU probing serious injury to cyclist in Woodstock
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a man suffered a serious injury when a police officer tried to question him early Wednesday in a Woodstock park.
SIU says it can’t reach woman alleging major eye injury during police arrest
Ontario’s police watchdog says it has been unable to speak with a London woman who alleges she was seriously injured during her arrest outside a south-end mall last month.
London officer cleared by SIU in teen rock-throwing suspect’s injury
A London police officer was in his living room when a rock came crashing through the window after midnight four months ago.
London police not at fault for woman’s broken arms: SIU
Preliminary inquiries by the SIU found London police officers were not in her immediate vicinity when the 23-year-old woman jumped from an apartment balcony last month.
Man charged in double stabbing, while SIU investigating arrest
A 29-year-old London man has been charged with assault with a weapon and aggravated assault after an incident Sunday that prompted an investigation by the province’s police watchdog.
Watchdog probes London police firing of ‘less-lethal’ weapon during arrest
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a London police officer fired a projectile at a suspect in a double stabbing who was armed with two knives.
Letters to the Editor: March 12, 2022
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Body cameras ‘an absolute asset’ for trailblazing local police department
Equipping one Southwestern Ontario police force’s officers with body-worn cameras has sped up the process of resolving complaints against police and streamlined evidence collection, a new report says.