Tag: Special Investigations Unit
Police watchdog clears London officer who fired projectiles at stabbing suspect
A suspect in a double stabbing at an east London apartment building told a police officer to shoot him before the officer fired six non-lethal projectiles, Ontario’s police watchdog says.
Parents look to inquest for answers in death of son shot by police officer
The parents of a Sarnia man who was fatally shot by a London police officer say they’re hopeful a coroners’ inquest sheds more light on the circumstances surrounding his death, but it’ll likely be several years before an inquest is called.
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.