News Release
SIU Appealing for Witnesses to Vehicle Injury in London
Case Number: 14-OVI-133
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is appealing for witnesses to an incident involving a London Police Service (LPS) cruiser and a cyclist on June 17, 2014.
Preliminary information indicates the following:
• At approximately 4:45 p.m. that day, a 39-year-old-woman was riding her bicycle northbound on Rideout Street near Baker Street in London.
• A marked LPS cruiser drove near the vicinity of the cyclist.
• The cyclist fell off her bicycle and sustained serious injuries.
• As a result the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has commenced an investigation.
The SIU is appealing for anyone who may have witnessed this incident or who has any information in relation to the incident to contact the SIU at 1-800-787-8529 or the Lead Investigator at 416-622-1806.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.php
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations