Director's Report Details

The Special Investigations Unit is a civilian law enforcement agency that investigates incidents involving an official where there has been death, serious injury, the discharge of a firearm at a person or an allegation of sexual assault. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, 2019 (SIU Act), officials are defined as police officers, special constables of the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers under the Legislative Assembly Act. The SIU’s jurisdiction covers more than 50 municipal, regional and provincial police services across Ontario.

Under the SIU Act, the Director of the SIU must determine based on the evidence gathered in an investigation whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that a criminal offence was committed. If such grounds exist, the Director has the authority to lay a criminal charge against the official. Alternatively, in cases where no reasonable grounds exist, the Director cannot lay charges. Where no charges are laid, a report of the investigation is prepared and released publicly, except in the case of reports dealing with allegations of sexual assault, in which case the SIU Director may consult with the affected person and exercise a discretion to not publicly release the report having regard to the affected person’s privacy interests.

Special Investigations Unit Act, 2019

Pursuant to section 34, certain information may not be included in this report. This information may include, but is not limited to, the following:

• The name of, and any information identifying, a subject official, witness official, civilian witness or affected person.
• Information that may result in the identity of a person who reported that they were sexually assaulted being revealed in connection with the sexual assault.
• Information that, in the opinion of the SIU Director, could lead to a risk of serious harm to a person.
• Information that discloses investigative techniques or procedures.
• Information, the release of which is prohibited or restricted by law.
• Information in which a person’s privacy interest in not having the information published clearly outweighs the public interest in having the information published.

Freedom of Information and Protection of Personal Privacy Act

Pursuant to section 14 (i.e., law enforcement), certain information may not be included in this report. This information may include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Confidential investigative techniques and procedures used by law enforcement agencies; and
• Information that could reasonably be expected to interfere with a law enforcement matter or an investigation undertaken with a view to a law enforcement proceeding.

Pursuant to section 21 (i.e., personal privacy), protected personal information is not included in this report. This information may include, but is not limited to, the following:

• The names of persons, including civilian witnesses, and subject and witness officials;
• Location information;
• Witness statements and evidence gathered in the course of the investigation provided to the SIU in confidence; and
• Other identifiers which are likely to reveal personal information about individuals involved in the investigation.

Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004

Pursuant to this legislation, any information related to the personal health of identifiable individuals is not included.

Other proceedings, processes, and investigations

Information may also have been excluded from this report because its release could undermine the integrity of other proceedings involving the same incident, such as criminal proceedings, coroner’s inquests, other public proceedings and/or other law enforcement investigations.

Pursuant to section 15 of the SIU Act, the SIU may investigate the conduct of officials, be they police officers, special constables of the Niagara Parks Commission or peace officers under the Legislative Assembly Act, that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault or the discharge of a firearm at a person.

A person sustains a “serious injury” for purposes of the SIU’s jurisdiction if they: sustain an injury as a result of which they are admitted to hospital; suffer a fracture to the skull, or to a limb, rib or vertebra; suffer burns to a significant proportion of their body; lose any portion of their body; or, as a result of an injury, experience a loss of vision or hearing.

In addition, a “serious injury” means any other injury sustained by a person that is likely to interfere with the person’s health or comfort and is not transient or trifling in nature.

This report relates to the SIU’s investigation into the death of a 41-year-old man (the “Complainant”).

Notification of the SIU[1]

On Monday, October 6, 2025, at 9:55 a.m.,[2] the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) contacted the SIU with the following information.

On October 5, 2025, officers responded to a 911 hang-up call at a residence in Dryden. Officers arriving on scene to investigate the call identified one of the occupants – the Complainant – as being in violation of a release order. He was arrested, transported to the OPP Dryden Detachment and lodged in cells at 5:06 p.m. On October 6, 2025, while in custody, the Complainant suffered a seizure. Officers performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and administered Narcan. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were called and the Complainant was transported to Dryden Health Centre. At 6:45 a.m., the Complainant was pronounced deceased.

The Team

Date and time team dispatched: 2025/10/06 at 10:50 a.m.

Date and time SIU arrived on scene: 2025/10/07 at 3:10 p.m. (Central Standard Time)

Number of SIU Investigators assigned: 2

Number of SIU Forensic Investigators assigned: 1

Affected Person (aka “Complainant”)

41-year-old male; deceased

Civilian Witnesses

CW #1 Not interviewed; next-of-kin

CW #2 Interviewed

The civilian witness was interviewed on October 15, 2025.

Subject Official

SO Declined interview and to provide notes, as is the subject official’s legal right

Witness Officials

WO #1 Interviewed; notes received and reviewed

WO #2 Interviewed; notes received and reviewed

WO #3 Interviewed; notes received and reviewed

WO #4 Interviewed; notes received and reviewed

WO #5 Interviewed; notes received and reviewed

WO #6 Interviewed; notes received and reviewed

WO #7 Interviewed; notes received and reviewed

The witness officials were interviewed between October 14 and November 6, 2025.

Service Employee Witnesses

SEW #1 Interviewed

SEW #2 Interviewed

SEW #3 Interviewed

SEW #4 Interviewed

The service employee witnesses were interviewed between October 14 and 23, 2025.

Investigative Delay

The Report of Postmortem Examination was received on March 23, 2026.

Delay was also attributable to resource pressures in the Director’s Office.

The Scene

The events in question transpired in and around the cell block of the OPP Dryden Detachment, 10 Krahn Avenue, Dryden.

Video/Audio/Photographic Evidence[3]

OPP Dryden Detachment Video Footage - Sally Port 1

Starting at about 5:00:57 p.m., October 5, 2025, WO #3 opens the driver side rear door of a cruiser. The Complainant exits the vehicle. He is wearing pants and shoes but no shirt. They exit the sally port into the building pedestrian door.

Starting at about 6:52:11 a.m., October 6, 2025, an ambulance arrives and backs up to the sally port. Paramedics enter the building. Officers come out and are clearly looking for something in the ambulance.

Starting at about 7:25:47 a.m., paramedics and police officers exit the building with the Complainant on a stretcher. He is loaded into the ambulance, which then departs.

OPP Dryden Detachment Video Footage - Hallway 2

Starting at about 5:01:09 p.m., WO #3 and the Complainant enter the cell detention booking area. WO #5 is also present. The Complainant is very unsteady on his feet and is being held upright by WO #3. WO #3 sits the Complainant on a bench. WO #5 removes the handcuffs. The Complainant is searched, his clothing is removed, and he is given a white anti-suicide smock to wear. He has difficulty putting it on and is assisted by WO #5.

Starting at about 8:08:26 p.m., WO #5 and WO #4 enter the hallway with the Complainant, and he enters the telephone room. A minute later, the Complainant exits the telephone room and walks through the hallway with WO #5 and WO #4.

Starting at about 9:08:39 p.m., the SO enters the booking area. He retrieves a blanket and leaves towards the detention area.

Starting at about 6:42:32 a.m., October 6, 2025, WO #7 enters the booking area. The area becomes busy with constables on the phone and moving through the area. Present is a civilian guard and another male in civilian clothes.

Starting at about 6:52:56 a.m., paramedics enter the booking area. The area continues to be quite busy with officers coming and going through the hallway.

Starting at about 7:25:38 a.m., paramedics leave with the Complainant on a stretcher, along with several officers.

OPP Dryden Detachment Video Footage - Hallway 1

Starting at about 2:44:44 a.m., October 6, 2025, WO #5 enters the cell area and gets keys to the cells.

Starting at about 2:45:14 a.m., the Complainant walks from the cell area to another room [now known to be the fingerprinting room] followed by WO #5.

Starting at about 2:54:40 a.m., the Complainant walks back from the fingerprinting room towards the cell area. The Complainant walked unassisted followed by WO #5.

OPP Dryden Detachment Video Footage - Vestibule 2

Starting at about 5:06:58 p.m., October 5, 2025, the Complainant walks from the booking area to the cell area followed by WO #5 and WO #3.

Starting at about 8:08:06 p.m., WO #4 walks down the hall towards the cells. A table is visible in a cell [now known to be used by civilian guards, SEW #1 and SEW #4].

Starting at about 8:08:20 p.m., the Complainant leaves the cell area followed by WO #4.

Starting at about 8:10:04 p.m., the Complainant, followed by WO #4 and WO #5, returns to the cell area.

Starting at about 9:08:01 p.m., the SO enters the hallway walking towards the cells.

Starting at about 9:08:38 p.m., the SO leaves.

Starting at about 9:09:05 p.m., the SO returns with a blanket.

Starting at about 9:09:17 p.m., the SO leaves the cell area.

Starting at about 2:44:52 a.m., October 6, 2025, WO #5 enters the hallway walking towards the cell area.

Starting at about 2:45:11 a.m., the Complainant walks out of the cell area towards the fingerprint area followed by WO #5.

Starting at about 2:54:42 a.m., the Complainant, followed by WO #5, returns.

Starting at about 6:41:56 a.m., SEW #4 is seen leaving the cell she was sitting in.

Starting at about 6:43:42 a.m., WO #6 and WO #7, and the SO, enter the hallway towards the cell area. Several officers are coming and going through the hallway.

Starting at about 6:53:00 a.m., paramedics arrive. Several officers and paramedics are coming and going.

Starting at about 7:22:57 a.m., the Complainant is placed on a stretcher in the hallway; a constable is doing compressions.

Starting at about 7:25:31 a.m., paramedics, police and the Complainant depart the cell area.

OPP Dryden Detachment Video Footage - Vestibule 1

Starting at about 5:06:57 p.m., October 5, 2025, the footage opens with a view down the hallway of the cells, including Cell 6 and 7. It should be noted that throughout this video, the civilian guards are constantly coming and going from the cell area. Only interactions with police officers or the Complainant are noted.

Starting at about 5:27:10 p.m., SEW #1 is observed entering a cell and setting up a workstation so that she can begin a constant watch of the Complainant. She brings in a chair and some personal items and appears to settle at her workstation in the cell across from the Complainant.

Starting at about 6:48:01 p.m., SEW #1 is having a conversation with the Complainant. She also checks on the other prisoner and then leaves the cell area at 6:48:49 p.m.

Starting at about 6:50:45 p.m., a constable comes into the area, has a conversation with SEW #1 and leaves. SEW #1 is then setting up another workstation in a different cell for a constant watch on a new prisoner in another cell.

Starting at about 7:12:43 p.m., a second civilian guard, SEW #2, arrives to watch the new prisoner in the other cell.

Starting at about 1:39:14 a.m., October 6, 2025, a new civilian guard, SEW #3, arrives in the cell area.

Starting at about 1:42:00 a.m., SEW #2 leaves and is replaced by SEW #3.

Starting at about 3:13:07 a.m., a new civilian guard, SEW #4, arrives.

Starting at about 3:36:10 a.m., SEW #4 gives the Complainant something that appears to be a cup.

Starting at about 6:41:59 a.m., SEW #4 leaves her workstation and looks inside the Complainant’s cell. The other guard also comes out and SEW #4 pushes what is believed to be an emergency alarm on the wall.

OPP Dryden Detachment Video Footage - Complainant’s Cell - Interior of Cell

The camera is motion-activated.

Starting at about 5:07:27 p.m., October 5, 2025, the Complainant is escorted into the cell, and lies down on the bench.

Starting at about 5:14:12 p.m., the Complainant attempts to stand up and falls back onto the bench, clearly unsteady on his feet. He uses the toilet and then lies back down. He lies on the bench, tossing and turning and, at times, sleeping.

Starting at about 8:08:17 p.m., the Complainant gets up and exits the cell to contact legal counsel.

Starting at about 8:10:12 p.m., the Complainant returns to the cell. He lies back down, and continues to toss and turn.

Starting at about 8:38:35 p.m., the Complainant gets up and it looks as though he is talking to someone while standing at the cell door. He then lies back down.

Starting at about 8:42:38 p.m., the Complainant is walking around the cell, after which he lies back down.

Starting at about 9:01:34 p.m., the Complainant gets up again, walks around, and looks like he is agitated and yelling. He lies down momentarily and then gets up and takes off the smock, leaving himself naked. He lies down naked on top of the smock and continues moving around. He then gets up and puts the smock back on with his head now through the arm hole, and lies down. He continues to appear agitated.

Starting at about 9:09:12 p.m., the Complainant is handed a blanket. He fixes his smock, and he lies down on the blanket and goes to sleep. He sleeps with little movement.

Starting at about 10:31:59 p.m., the Complainant gets up and takes a drink.

Starting at about 10:55:29 p.m., the Complainant gets up and takes a drink. He lies back down, and tosses and turns, occasionally getting up to walk around the cell.

Starting at about 11:21:40 p.m., the Complainant gets up and takes a drink.

Starting at about 11:29:12 p.m., the Complainant gets up and sits on the toilet for 18 minutes. He then lies back down, and sleeps tossing and turning.

Starting at about 1:35:26 a.m., October 6, 2025, the Complainant gets up and takes a drink.

Starting at about 1:54:22 a.m., the Complainant gets up and takes a drink, uses the toilet, and lies back down.

Starting at about 2:33:08 a.m., the Complainant gets up and takes a drink, and lies back down.

Starting at about 2:42:48 a.m., the Complainant gets up and takes a drink, and lies back down.

Starting at about 2:45:07 a.m., the Complainant gets up and exits the cell.

Starting at about 2:54:47 a.m., the Complainant returns to the cell and lies down.

Starting at about 3:01:08 a.m., the Complainant gets up and takes a drink, sits down for a minute, and lies back down.

Starting at about 3:20:56 a.m., the Complainant gets up and takes a drink, he sits down and begins rocking back and forth. He gets up, walks around, takes another drink, and sits down, rocking back and forth, before lying down.

Starting at about 3:36:20 a.m., the Complainant takes a cup he was given and gets another drink of water.

Starting at about 4:06:29 a.m., the Complainant gets up and takes a drink. He sits down but gets up several more times to get a drink, after which he lies back down.

Starting at about 6:10:02 a.m., the Complainant gets up to urinate and lies back down.

Starting at about 6:41:39 a.m., the Complainant is lying on the bench when he rolls over and both arms lock-out down at his sides. He is shaking, and appears to be having a seizure. He tries to get up and falls off the bench, landing on his head and collapsing into a ball on the floor. He continues to appear to be having a seizure on the floor as his body is shaking.

Starting at about 6:42:56 a.m., WO #7, WO #6 and the SO arrive and begin assessing the Complainant, checking for a pulse and doing a sternum rub. The gown is cut off him and another officer comes in with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

Starting at about 6:45:48 a.m., WO #7 begins CPR compressions.

Starting at about 6:46:17 a.m., naloxone is administered.

Starting at about 6:48:08 a.m., AED pads are applied to the Complainant, and a shock delivered. The SO continues with compressions.

Starting at about 6:48:59 a.m., a second shock from the AED is delivered. WO #7 continues with compressions. Officers take turns continuing with compressions.

Starting at about 6:53:06 a.m., paramedics arrive on scene in the cell block. They take over life-saving measures. Police officers continue compressions. EMS hook up their own defibrillator and deliver shocks. They use a breathing bag, and officers continue with compressions.

Starting at about 7:22:52 a.m., the Complainant is placed on a stretcher and moved out of the cell. Everyone clears out of the cell.

OPP Dryden Detachment Video Footage - Fingerprint Room

Starting at about 2:45:16 a.m., October 6, 2025, the Complainant enters the fingerprint room followed by WO #5. The Complainant sits down as WO #5 works at the fingerprint machine. The Complainant is photographed and fingerprinted without incident. The Complainant follows instructions and appears steady on his feet. WO #5 and the Complainant are engaged in conversation. The Complainant signs a document.

Starting at about 2:54:39 a.m., the Complainant, followed by WO #5, leaves the room.

OPP Body-worn Camera (BWC) Footage – WO #5

Starting at about 4:40:18 p.m., October 5, 2025, WO #5 is standing on a residential street.

Starting at about 4:40:51 p.m., WO #5 enters an address and attends one of the units inside, the residence of the Complainant. Another resident answers the door, and he allows WO #5 to enter. WO #5 knocks on an interior door that has “[the Complainant’s first name]” on the door. WO #5 asks why the Complainant called the police. [It is now known a dropped 911 call was traced back to the Complainant’s cell phone at this address.]

Starting at about 4:41:49 p.m., the Complainant is lying in bed and a friend of the Complainant is sitting on the bed. The Complainant is slurring his words when speaking. The Complainant advises officers he lives at this residence despite having conditions to live elsewhere.

Starting at about 4:45:59 p.m., the Complainant is handcuffed behind the back by WO #3, after WO #5 advises him of the reason for his arrest.

Starting at about 4:47:42 p.m., WO #3 escorts the Complainant from the residence, assisting him as he is unsteady on his feet.

OPP BWC Footage - WO #3

Starting at about 5:00:04 p.m., October 5, 2025, WO #3 is inside the sally port of the Dryden OPP Detachment.

Starting at about 5:00:57 p.m., WO #3 asks the Complainant to exit the rear of the police cruiser. The Complainant exits the vehicle and asks to call his lawyer. He enters the pedestrian door of the police station into the cell area, and they are met by WO #5. The Complainant is very unsteady on his feet and is assisted by WO #3.

Starting at about 5:01:18 p.m., the Complainant sits on a bench and WO #3 begins the booking process. When answering questions, the Complainant’s speech is slurred.

Starting at about 5:04:47 p.m., the Complainant is standing as WO #3 advises him that the cell detention area is audio and video-recorded. WO #5 asks the Complainant if he has ingested any drugs or alcohol today. The Complainant states, “Yes, I drank, I am an alcoholic.” When questioned about drugs, he states that he did not take any drugs. He goes on to say, “I am trying to tell you guys, I don’t have any drugs on me at all.” WO #3 asks, “Are you ill or injured?” to which the Complainant states, “I have been stabbed 32 times, but I am not injured right now.”

OPP BWC Footage - The SO

Starting at about 9:08:01 p.m., October 5, 2025, the SO is walking down the hallway (Vestibule 2) towards the cell area and approaches a cell. The cell is housing the Complainant. The Complainant is asking for a blanket as he is cold. The SO asks the Complainant if he will settle down if he is given a blanket, and the Complainant agrees. The SO leaves the cell area and retrieves a blanket from a storage area. He returns and gives the Complainant the blanket. The Complainant says, “Thank you so much.”

OPP Communications Recordings

On October 5, 2025, at about 4:29:30 p.m., OPP dispatch requests a unit to attend a 911 call of a possible dispute at a residence in Dryden. The telephone number that called comes back to the Complainant, resident of a nearby address.

Records – Miscellaneous

OPP Subject Profile Report – the Complainant

The OPP subject profile of the Complainant contained entries from both the OPP and the prior Dryden Police Service.

The Complainant had dozens of police contacts over a 25-year period. Several of the contacts with police related to alcohol intoxication. The Complainant’s profile included cautions for alcohol and suicide.

Materials Obtained from Police Service

Upon request, the SIU received the following materials from the OPP between October 8, 2025, and November 6, 2025.

• Notes - WO #7, WO #6, WO #1, WO #2, WO #3, WO #4 and WO #5
• Arrest Report
• Sudden Death Report
• Scenes of Crime Officer photographs and report
• Prisoner Report – CW #2
• Prisoner Guard Report
• Guard Checklist Report
• Fingerprint Report - the Complainant
• Communications recordings
• BWC footage
• Cell footage
• OPP Prisoner Care Policies
• OPP Profile Report - the Complainant

Materials Obtained from Other Sources

The SIU obtained the following records from the following other sources between November 27, 2025, and March 23, 2026:

• The Complainant’s medical records from Dryden Regional Hospital Centre (DRHC)
• Report of Postmortem Examination from Coroner’s Office (including Toxicology Report from Centre of Forensic Sciences)

The evidence collected by the SIU, including interviews with the Complainant’s custodians and video footage that largely captured his time in custody, gives rise to the following scenario. As was his legal right, the SO chose not to interview with the SIU or authorize the release of his notes.

WO #3 arrested the Complainant in the late afternoon of October 5, 2025. The officer, responding to a 911 hang-up call at a residence in Dryden, learned that the Complainant was residing at the address in violation of a release order and took him into custody. The Complainant was unsteady on his feet and gave the appearance of being intoxicated.

The Complainant remained unsteady during his booking at the Dryden OPP Detachment. He acknowledged having consumed alcohol, but denied drug use and said that he was not injured. As there were cautions on the Complainant’s police records for suicide, his clothing was removed and he was dressed in a smock. Civilian guards were arranged to maintain continuous observation of the Complainant. He was placed in a cell at about 5:10 p.m.

The Complainant was restless and agitated for periods during his stay in the cell, and laying still on his cell bunk at other times. He asked to be taken to hospital at one point during the evening. SEW #1, the civilian guard monitoring the Complainant at the time, brought the request to the SO, who turned it down. The officer checked on the Complainant personally and brought him a blanket, which seemed to calm him for a time. The Complainant seemed steadier on his feet when, at about 2:45 a.m., he was temporarily removed from his cell to be fingerprinted.

At about 6:40 a.m., the Complainant fell from his cell bunk and appeared to experience a seizure on the floor. SEW #4, who had taken over the Complainant’s supervision from SEW #1, triggered the emergency alarm. The SO and other police personnel at the detachment responded to the cells and promptly rendered aid to an unresponsive Complainant.

Paramedics attended at the detachment and began to work on the Complainant. He was transported to hospital in ambulance and pronounced deceased at about 7:45 a.m.

Cause of Death

The pathologist at autopsy was of the view that the Complainant’s death was attributable to combined drug toxicity (fentanyl, fluorofentanyl, carfentanil).

Sections 219 and 220, Criminal Code - Criminal Negligence Causing Death

219 (1) Every one is criminally negligent who

(a) in doing anything, or

(b) in omitting to do anything that it is his duty to do,

shows wanton or reckless disregard for the lives or safety of other persons.

(2) For the purposes of this section, duty means a duty imposed by law.

220 Every person who by criminal negligence causes death to another person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable

(a) where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years; and

(b) in any other case, to imprisonment for life.

Section 145 (5), Criminal Code – Failure to Comply with Order

145 (5) Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction, who

(a) is at large on a release order and who fails, without lawful excuse, to comply with a condition of that release order other than the condition to attend court; or

(b) is bound to comply with an order under subsection 515(12), 516(2) or 522(2.1) and who fails, without lawful excuse, to comply with that order.

The Complainant passed away on October 6, 2025, while in the custody of the OPP. The SIU was notified of the incident and initiated an investigation, naming the SO the subject official. The investigation is now concluded. On my assessment of the evidence, there are no reasonable grounds to believe that the SO committed a criminal offence in connection with the Complainant’s death.

The offences that arise for consideration are failure to provide the necessaries of life and criminal negligence causing death contrary to sections 215 and 220 of the Criminal Code, respectively. Both require something more than a simple want of care to give rise to liability. The former is predicated, in part, on conduct that amounts to a marked departure from the level of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in the circumstances. The latter is premised on even more egregious conduct that demonstrates a wanton or reckless disregard for the lives or safety of other persons. It is not made out unless the neglect constitutes a marked and substantial departure from a reasonable standard of care. In the instant case, the question is whether there was any want of care on the part of the SO, sufficiently serious to attract criminal sanction, that endangered the Complainant’s life or caused his death. In my view, there was not.

I am satisfied that the Complainant’s custodians, including the SO, comported themselves with due care and regard for his wellbeing during his time in custody. The evidence establishes that the Complainant had been lawfully arrested. With information at his disposal that the Complainant was residing at an address in violation of a release order, WO #3 was within his rights in taking him into custody under section 145(5)(a) of the Criminal Code. Thereafter, alive to the fact that the Complainant was intoxicated and had displayed suicidal behaviour in the past, arrangements were made by police to have him placed under constant observation while in cells. The SO’s decision to deny the Complainant’s request to attend hospital was not manifestly unreasonable. The officer would likely have known that the Complainant had consumed alcohol but not that he was under the influence of illicit drugs; the Complainant had admitted the former but denied the latter. There was also nothing in the Complainant’s behaviour that appeared to demand medical attention. He was certainly agitated at times but did not otherwise give any indication of being in medical distress. In fact, the Complainant appeared more sober and in control of his faculties when he was subsequently able to walk unassisted from his cell to the fingerprint room and back. When the Complainant lapsed into medical crisis, the SO and the other police personnel present acted quickly to render emergency care, including the performance of CPR and the administration of Narcan and an AED. Lastly, it should be noted that there is no evidence that the Complainant ingested drugs while in the custody of the OPP.

For the foregoing reasons, there is no basis for proceeding with criminal charges in this case. The file is closed.

Date: May 26, 2026

Electronically approved by

Joseph Martino

Director

Special Investigations Unit