News Release

In the morning of July 26, 2025, London Police Service officers located a 74-year-old man in a public park. They had been looking for him with the intention of apprehending him pursuant to a Mental Health Act Form 2. Upon confirming the man’s identify, the officers approached the man who was now in the driver’s seat of his vehicle with the engine running. The officers explained why they were there and indicated it was their intention to bring him to hospital. The man argued with the officers and did not appear to understand what was happening. He stated he had no intention of going to hospital. The man refused to exit the vehicle, and even turned on the vehicle’s engine at one point, having earlier turned it off at the officers’ request. After several minutes, the officers grabbed hold of the man and attempted to pull him out of the vehicle. A struggle ensued, but officers were eventually able to remove the man from the vehicle. At hospital, following his apprehension, the man was diagnosed with a fractured right clavicle. 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 injury.

     

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