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LPSB NAMES NEW DEPUTY CHIEF

Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2023 10:10 AM

Paul Bastien named next Deputy Chief of the London Police Service

LONDON, ON (May 25, 2023) – The London Police Services Board is pleased to announce the appointment of LPS Superintendent Paul Bastien as London’s next Deputy Chief of Police, effective May 28, 2023, following Deputy Chief Stu Betts’ resignation to become Peterborough’s Chief of Police in January, 2023.

Deputy Chief Designate Bastien began his policing career in 1997, as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police posted to Prince...

INDECENT ACTS 23-43797 44111

Posted on Monday, May 15, 2023 12:50 PM

INDECENT ACT INVESTIGATIONS

LONDON, ON (May 15, 2023) – Members of the London Police Service are investigating after two separate women were approached by an unclothed unidentified male in the north end of the city over the weekend.

On May 13, 2023, at approximately 8 a.m., a woman was sitting on a park bench off Blackmaple Court when an unidentified male approached her. The man entered into a conversation with the woman and walked away. When the woman departed the area short time later, she came...

POLICE WEEK 2023

Posted on Sunday, May 14, 2023 04:47 PM

CELEBRATING POLICE WEEK Building Bridges: Celebrating Police-Community Partnerships

LONDON, ON (May 14, 2023) – The London Police Service is joining police services across Ontario in kicking off Police Week (#PoliceWeekON), which celebrates the work front-line police officers, 9-1-1 communicators, civilian staff, and all members of Ontario police services do to keep Ontarians safe and healthy.

This year, Police Week runs from May 14 to 20, 2023. The theme for the week is “Building Bridges:...

SUSPICIOUS FIRE 23-43392

Posted on Friday, May 12, 2023 01:37 PM

SUSPICIOUS FIRE INVESTIGATION No injuries reported

LONDON, ON (May 12, 2023) – Members of the London Police Service Street Crime Unit are investigating a suspicious fire on Adelaide Street North.

On Friday, May 12, 2023, at approximately 5:20 a.m., emergency crews responded to a building in the 1000-block of Adelaide Street North in relation to reports of a fire.

Members of the London Fire Department attended and extinguished the fire.

There were no reported injuries.

The fire was deemed suspicious in...

FIRE INVESTIGATION 23-43306

Posted on Friday, May 12, 2023 10:57 AM

FIRE INVESTIGATION

LONDON, ON (May 12, 2023) – Members of the London Police Service Street Crime Unit are investigating after a fire was reported on Whitney Street last night.

On Thursday, May 11, 2023, at approximately 9:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to a residential building in the 1800-block of Whitney Street in relation to reports of a fire.