Cycling in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

My suspicion is the cyclist was right-hooked while riding on the sidewalk, so we'll either never hear about it again or WRPS will blame them. The language of their official statement about the cyclist colliding with the cruiser like it's an inanimate object really says it all. Helmet status: unknown 

There are few to no circumstances where the police won't reflexively blame a cyclist with their language.

But I feel like your suspicion is correct, and they will blame the cyclist. Again, legally the cyclist is at fault, but morally and systemically the traffic engineers and drivers (and police) have quite a bit of blame.