News Release

News Release

SIU Concludes Investigation into Woman’s Fall from Thames Bridge in London

Case Number: 26-OCI-050   

Mississauga, ON (29 May, 2026) ---
The Director of the Special Investigations Unit, Joseph Martino, found no reasonable grounds to believe a London Police Service officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the serious injuries suffered by a 23-year-old woman. As she had called for police, and police were arriving and in the vicinity at the time of her fall, the SIU was notified and investigated.

On January 30, 2026, the officer went to the Thames-Oxford Rail Bridge after the woman called police to report her intention to jump. The officer was making her way to the bridge across a parking lot when she observed the woman on the outer ledge of the bridge guard rail preparing to jump. The officer was a distance south of the Complainant, below the bridge, when she proclaimed, “No!” just before the woman jumped. The officer radioed what had happened and provided aid to the woman pending the arrival of an ambulance. On this record, Director Martino found no evidence of any want of care on the part of the officer in her dealings with the woman. She simply had no time in which to do anything to prevent the woman from jumping. The woman was transported to hospital and diagnosed with fractures of the feet and left knee.

Full Director’s Report (with Incident Narrative, Evidence, and Analysis & Director’s Decision): 

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The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (municipal, regional and provincial police officers, police officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must

  • consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
  • depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
  • publicly report the results of its investigations

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Monica Hudon, siu.media@ontario.ca
SIU Communications/Service des communications, UES