Former OPP Commish to Review UWO Arrest…

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Posted By: Ryan Venables November 2, 2009

The University of Western Ontario has hired former Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner and lawyer Gwen Boniface to review the violent arrest of Irnes Zeljkovic according to a London Free Press article and from UWO Communications.

The arrest garnered an overwhelming response from the students at UWO and media alike:

(This version of the video was used because the original has been flagged for violence and there are issues posting it here.  For an opportunity to see the original, go to the link at the bottom of this post for my original article).

The review seeks to answer the following questions:

– Whether the situation was preventable.

– The training and resources available to campus police.

– Procedures for securing areas where an incident is occurring.

– Campus police co-ordination with London police.

It is also expected that students will be gathering at 4 p.m. at the University Community Centre once again to protest the treatment of Zeljkovic.

It has also been revealed that the London Police Service is conducting it’s own review into the arrest.

For a review of my original take of this article see this Law Is Cool article.

About the Author

Ryan Venables
Ryan Venables is a third year law student at the University of Western Ontario. He holds B.A. (2001) from the University of Western Ontario in Political Science and Sociology. Ryan was also enrolled in a M.A.- Journalism at the University of Western Ontario before withdrawing to attend law school. Before pursuing a formal education in law, Ryan served with the York Regional Police as a police officer for five years specializing in organized crime. He also served in the Special Investigations Section with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for two years. His legal interests include employment/labour, criminal, family, and human rights law. When Ryan is done law school he will be articling with Ross & McBride LLP in Hamilton, Ontario.