SIU invokes mandate after suspect, officer injured during arrest in south London
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The province’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked their mandate after a suspect and a police officer were injured during an arrest related to a traffic investigation on Sunday morning.
The province’s Special Investigations Unit has invoked their mandate after a suspect and a police officer were injured during an arrest related to a traffic investigation on Sunday morning.
According to the London Police Service, early Sunday morning police stopped a vehicle in the city’s south end in relation to a traffic investigation.
The driver of the suspect vehicle fled from police on foot and was arrested a short distance away.
During the arrest, the suspect male resisted officers.
Police said that following the arrest, it was learned the suspect had sustained a serious, non-life-threatening injury.
As a result of the altercation, a London police officer also sustained minor injuries.
The suspect has since been released from hospital and remains in custody.
