Tag: Special Investigations Unit
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.
Woman wanted for weeks in attempted murder of OPP officer arrested
Frayer was arrested Wednesday in Stratford with the assistance of local police, the OPP said. She is charged with attempted murder, dangerous driving, possession of property obtained by crime and failure to comply with a release order.
Police watchdog probes after man hurt trying to flee police
London police are under investigation by the province’s police watchdog after a man suffered injuries while trying to escape from custody. London police say it was shortly after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday when a person who’d been arrested was transported to hospital with what they describe as “an alleged pre-existing condition.” While at the hospital, the […]
Watchdog clears London cop who fired fatal shot from armoured vehicle
A London police officer fired a single fatal shot from inside an armored vehicle, killing a gun-wielding suspect holed up inside the garage of a Pond Mills home four months ago, Ontario’s police watchdog says. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) released a report Saturday that cleared the officer, a member of the emergency response unit, of […]
Londoner, 46, killed after third vehicle strikes head-on crash aftermath
One person is dead and two people were injured in a three-vehicle collision in Elgin County northwest of St. Thomas Wednesday morning.
The Special Investigations Unit is investigating the death of a man who fell from a downtown London hotel, Saturday night.
Ontario’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit, is investigating a pair of weekend incidents involving London police, including the fall of a man from a downtown hotel on Saturday night. London police say it was about 7:15 p.m. Saturday when officers were called to a hotel in the 300-block of King Street amid reports of […]
Police Report: Two police officers, suspect injured; shots fired at vehicle
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a woman and two police officers were seriously injured during an arrest in northeast London.
Pink-haired woman recalls mistaken arrest in hospital amid shooting probe
Crystal Boa says she was sitting in the Clinton hospital emergency room Wednesday morning when a man showed up saying he’d been shot.
Police probe into transgender activist’s groping claim finds no evidence of misconduct
An internal London police investigation into a transgender activist’s allegation an officer groped her during her 2022 arrest found no evidence of misconduct, according to a new report going to the city’s police board Thursday.