London's police chief is speaking out after an officer parked a cruiser in a handicapped parking spot.
Brad Duncan issued a statement Wednesday after a picture of the cruiser spread through social media. On Monday afternoon, Londoner Kerry Piper snapped a photo of the cruiser parked in a handicapped spot outside a shawarma shop at Huron St. and Highbury Ave.
The statement from Chief Duncan reads,
"The London Police Services acknowledges that a uniformed member parked a marked cruiser on a portion of a disabled parking space located at an off street business location on January 13, 2015. The matter has been investigated and the issue has been addressed internally with the member. The investigation revealed that the member did not intentionally park in the designated parking space; however, the photograph of the parked cruiser clearly illustrates that this occurred. As Chief of Police, I can reaffirm that unless members are engaged in police activities that involve emergent or exigent circumstances the use of handicapped parking spaces is prohibited. An internal memorandum has been circulated to this effect."