Tag: Special Investigations Unit
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
Police seem too quick to shoot and shoot
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.
Family, friends question police watchdog findings in gunsmith’s death
PORT RYERSE — Family and friends of Rodger Kotanko are questioning a Special Investigations Unit report finding no police wrongdoing in the Norfolk County gunsmith’s shooting death last November.
Gunsmith’s family ‘shocked’ police cleared in shooting death: lawyer
A Toronto police officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with the shooting death of Port Dover gunsmith Rodger Kotanko last fall.
OPP officer charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting on Highway 401
A veteran Chatham-Kent OPP officer was charged Friday with manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old man on Highway 401 in July.
Watchdog clears police in arrested man’s death at London hospital
CHATHAM – Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared two Chatham-Kent police officers in the death of a 53-year-old man following his arrest in September.