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SIU Invokes Mandate in Chatham

A traffic stop by Chatham-Kent OPP is now being looked into by the province’s Special Investigations Unit. 

A 24-year-old Chatham woman suffered unspecified injuries after being pulled over on Park Avenue East around midnight on March 11th.

She was hurt while being placed under arrest, taken to hospital for treatment, and then released into police custody.

Charges against the driver include obstructing, resisting, and assaulting a peace officer.

The SIU is called upon any time there is a death, injury, or sexual assault during an incident involving police.