SIU Charge Halton Police Officer in 2025 Chase that Seriously Injured One Person
Ontario’s police watchdog says it found reasonable grounds to charge Sgt. David Joseph after a pursuit left a 26-year-old driver seriously injured.
- On Wednesday, the Ontario Special Investigations Unit charged Halton Regional Police Sgt David Joseph with dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm stemming from a March 12, 2025 pursuit that left one person seriously injured.
- Halton police were investigating the theft of a Kia Sedona from an Oakville home when the driver of a stolen GMC Hummer fled the scene, triggering a pursuit led by Joseph that reached Mississauga.
- The chase ended when the Hummer collided with a tractor-trailer at Winston Churchill Boulevard and Lakeshore Road East, leaving the 26-year-old driver hospitalized with serious injuries and arrested.
- SIU Director Joseph Martino stated he had "reasonable grounds" to believe the officer committed a criminal offence, with Joseph scheduled to appear in Milton's Ontario Court of Justice on Nov. 23.
- The SIU, an independent agency investigating police incidents resulting in serious injury, stated, "The matter is before the courts, and in consideration of the fair trial interests of the accused, the SIU will not provide further comment on the investigation.
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A Halton Police officer faces charges more than 18 months after a high-speed police chase that ended in a crash. In a release, the Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, says he has has reasonable grounds to believe a Halton Regional Police Service officer committed a criminal offence in relation to the pursuit […] The post High speed chase that ended in crash lands Halton Police officer in court appeared first on bayobserv…
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