Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit has cleared a Niagara Regional Police officer of any criminal wrongdoing following an incident in St. Catharines that left a 42-year-old man with a pelvic fracture.
SIU Director Joseph Martino said the injury occurred on October 6, 2025, when officers responded to a residence near Haig Street and Carlton Street after receiving a second 911 call from the man that day. Investigators determined the man was of unsound mind after consuming methamphetamine.
Police attempted to speak with him while he remained locked in an upstairs bedroom.
Officers were later asked to meet him in the backyard, but before that could happen, the man jumped from a second-floor window, landing on a patio below. He was taken to hospital by paramedics.
Martino concluded there was no evidence the officer failed to act with appropriate care for the man’s wellbeing.
(Written by: Brandon Warby)