Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared a Grenville County OPP officer after an incident in Oxford Station.
Special Investigations Unit Director Joseph Martino says in a statement that on the morning of May 9, an OPP officer was working from her home in Oxford Station when she decided to reposition vehicles in her driveway.
The officer stepped into a Jeep Cherokee and drove it forward a short distance when she travelled over a small bump and stopped the car.
She opened her door and observed a 15-month-old child on the ground.
Martino says the officer’s residence housed a daycare operated by her partner, and the boy was at the daycare that morning.
He and other children had been in a play area off the driveway prior to the collision.
First aid was rendered, and the child was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with three skull fractures.
After reviewing the evidence, Martino says he determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that the officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the collision.
The SIU is a civilian agency in Ontario responsible for investigating circumstances involving police and civilians that have resulted in a death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault.
