News Release

In the evening of December 13, 2024, two Ontario Provincial Police officers were manning a RIDE stop in Bath when they observed a vehicle stop and reverse away from their location. The officers drove after the vehicle. When the vehicle stopped at an apartment building, one of the officers confronted the 20-year-old male driver in the front foyer of the building. Following a failed breath test, the driver was arrested for impaired operation of a motor vehicle. Additional officers were at the scene by this time. The man was escorted to a nearby cruiser for transport to the police detachment. He was not entirely cooperative, occasionally planting his feet to resist his forward movement. He appeared to take a misstep at one point, possibly rolling his left ankle in the process. After some difficulty, the man was lodged in the rear seat of the cruiser and transported to the station. Two days later, the man attended hospital where he was diagnosed with an undisplaced left lateral malleolar fracture. On his assessment of the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino determined there were no reasonable grounds to believe that an officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the man’s arrest and injury.

Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision): https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_reports.php.