Tag: Special Investigations Unit
‘Delusional’ man shut down hospital ER, required forceful arrest: Watchdog
Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared three provincial police officers after a suspect was punched during a standoff that shuttered a hospital’s emergency room in the fall. The Special Investigations Unit says there were no reasonable grounds to lay criminal charges against three Huron OPP officers involved in the arrest of a 41-year-old man Sept. 15, […]
Police watchdog appealing for witnesses to London crash involving cyclist
Ontario’s police watchdog is asking anyone who witnessed a crash involving a London police cruiser and a cyclist last month to contact the civilian agency.
Area OPP officers ‘likely saved’ life of man in psychotic state: SIU
A man in a drug-induced psychotic state already had cut himself and was approaching a table saw in the garage of a Southwestern Ontario home when an OPP officer used a conducted-energy weapon on him, Ontario’s police watchdog says.
Carjacked London taxi at centre of police gunfire probe
A London taxi driver was carjacked at knifepoint in the city’s east end less than an hour before an OPP officer fired her gun while trying to arrest a teenager running from the stolen cab in Aylmer.
Police close stretch of road in Aylmer amid watchdog probe
Police closed a major street in Aylmer on Wednesday amid an investigation by Ontario’s police watchdog.