News Release

In the evening of May 31, 2025, an OPP officer was dispatched to First Street South and Matheson Street South in Kenora after a citizen contacted police to report a woman in need of assistance. Upon arriving, the officer observed the woman lying on the ground. He offered to call for medical attention, but was refused. A female special constable arrived on scene and helped the woman up and into the back seat of the officer’s cruiser. The officer’s intention was to keep the woman in custody at the detachment until she was sober. It was noticed that the woman was favouring her right leg. Arriving at the OPP Kenora Detachment, the officer and the special constable assisted the woman out of the cruiser in the sally port. Shortly after, as the woman stood, a popping sound came from her right leg. At hospital, she was diagnosed with a fractured right ankle. 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 woman’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.