Tuesday, August 3, 2010

SIU Makes Correction


The Special Investigation Unit is correcting information it released last week regarding this past June's police shooting in Kenora.

The S.I.U. had noted there was a two hour delay by the OPP in reporting the shooting of 39-year-old Helen Proulx who had brandished a knife at a female officer.

It now says there was a 51-minute delay.

Director Ian Scott apologizes for the error, but says they would still have liked to have been notified sooner, as required under the Police Service's act.

The officer involved was cleared of any wrongdoing.