SIU drops case of woman arrested by OPP at Elmvale Zoo

Jun 25, 2021 ultafcc

Ontario’s police watchdog has closed an investigation because it could not prove there were any serious injuries to a 24-year-old woman when she was arrested at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre on July 25.

“The medical records do not establish that the woman suffered any serious injury within the SIU’s mandate,” Special Investigations Unit (SIU) director Joseph Martino said a media release. “Regrettably, while the SIU made repeated efforts to secure further medical records from the woman regarding additional assessment in the days after the incident, she has not provided those releases.”

The woman was initially arrested at the Elmvale Jungle Zoo in Phelpston for an alleged assault.

OPP officers took her the Barrie hospital for a mental-health assessment after she made comments suggesting suicide.

At the hospital, the woman allegedly became violent toward the officers and was arrested and charged again.

By shlf