Tag: Special Investigations Unit
Watchdog closes probe into police officer’s actions during tense standoff
Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared an OPP tactical officer who fired a less-lethal weapon at a knife-wielding man during a standoff at a Seaforth home four months ago. Ontario Provincial Police were called on Dec. 20 around 3:30 p.m. to a domestic disturbance at a Seaforth home where a resident asked police to remove a […]
Watchdog clears London police in senior’s fatal balcony plunge
Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared London police of wrongdoing in the death of a senior who jumped from the balcony of his apartment six days before Christmas. Two police officers were sent to an apartment building near Southdale Road and Pomeroy Lane in southwest London on Dec. 19 shortly after 1 p.m. to apprehend a […]
Man fleeing police caused deadly crash north of London: Watchdog
A driver fleeing from provincial police was responsible for a crash that killed him and seriously injured two others four months ago, Ontario’s police watchdog says
Accused in wild ride charged in crash that seriously injured driver: SIU
A man charged with crashing into London police cruisers and carjacking a vehicle was involved in another crash three days later that seriously injured a man.
SIU probes London-area crash involving suspected stolen vehicle
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a two-vehicle crash involving a suspected stolen vehicle southwest of London that sent one person to hospital. Middlesex OPP were investigating an incident involving a suspected stolen vehicle on Melbourne Road, just southeast of Melbourne, at approximately 7:20 a.m. Saturday, police said. The vehicle was then involved in a two-vehicle […]