Tag: Special Investigations Unit
Police watchdog probing man’s injury suffered during London arrest
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a man was seriously injured during an arrest in London over the long weekend. A man had made threats during a neighbour dispute in the city’s east end Sunday around 6 p.m., London police said. The man ran away when police responded, but a suspect was arrested and later […]
Police officer at fault in crash with cyclist won’t face charges: SIU
A London police officer who struck a cyclist while making “an ill-advised left turn” will not face a criminal charge, the province’s police watchdog said Friday. The 54-year-old male cyclist suffered a broken nose and left orbital bone in the crash on Dec. 7, 2023. The cyclist was travelling north on William Street and had […]
London carjacking suspect ‘tried to commit suicide by cop’: SIU
A suspect who stole a taxi in London and led police on a chase that ended with an officer opening fire on him in Aylmer said he “tried to commit suicide by cop,” according to a new report from Ontario’s police watchdog. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) released a report Thursday that cleared the OPP […]
Watchdog probing London police use of force to arrest teenager
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after London police officers used a conducted-energy weapon and fired a projectile while trying to arrest an armed teenager. Police responded around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic conflict at a home on Riverside Drive in west London, where officers located a 17-year-old armed with a weapon outside, police said […]
Police watchdog probing crash as injured driver faces criminal charges
A 22-year-old London man who was seriously injured in a car crash overnight is facing charges, London police say.