LPS officer collides with pickup truck on Hamilton Road [Video]

A London Police Officer has been cleared of wrongdoing following a collision in June.

According to a report from the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), on June 15, 2024, while en-route to an emergency call, an officer entered the intersection of Highbury Avenue and Hamilton Road on a red light, and struck a pickup truck.

The passenger – a 67-year-old woman – broke her sternum in the collision.

According to the SIU, video footage showed that the officer did not come to a complete stop, however the Director Joseph Martino concluded that the act “was not of a magnitude to amount to marked departure from a reasonable standard of care.”

The failure of the officer to ensure that all traffic had stopped prior to his entry into the intersection was deemed a ‘momentary lapse in judgement.’