There is no imminent threat to public safety, RCMP assured Thursday, as authorities try to identify two men who were seen exhibiting “suspicious behaviour” in Toronto nearly three months ago.

The two men were seen by a passerby while on the John Street bridge near the Rogers Centre on Aug. 31 around 3:30 p.m.

The John Street Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that connects Front Street in downtown Toronto with the CN Tower and Rogers Centre, which is home to the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.

The passerby thought the men’s actions were suspicious enough to report, but RCMP Supt. Lise Crouch refused to say Thursday exactly what the men were doing to warrant an investigation.  

“We just need to speak to these men to determine what it is they were doing at that time,” she told reporters a day after the RCMP released surveillance images of the two men.

Crouch said the RCMP have been “diligently pursuing all avenues” in an effort to identify the men, with no luck. That’s why police are now releasing their images and asking for the public’s help.

Crouch said there is no immediate threat to public safety, but investigators need to locate the men to rule out any other possible threats. 

Both are described as being between the ages of 20 and 30, with medium builds and brown skin.

One was wearing a green-and-white striped shirt with red trim, blue jeans, blue Adidas shoes with yellow laces, with a watch, backpack and sunglasses.

The other man was wearing a blue-and-yellow striped shirt with some purple stripes, dark blue jeans, blue Puma shoes with yellow laces, and wearing a watch and sunglasses.

Asked Thursday if it’s possible that the men were reported as suspicious because of their skin colour, Crouch said, “It has nothing to do with brown skin, it has everything to do with what they were observed to be doing by the complainant.”

On the same day the suspicious activity was reported, then-prime minister Stephen Harper was at the Rogers Centre, attending a Blue Jays game.

But Crouch said Harper’s visit had nothing to do with the way police responded to the initial report from the passerby. 

Crouch said there were numerous other, unrelated suspicious incidents reported in the downtown Toronto area around the same time and they were all investigated and cleared.

Anyone with information about the two men the Mounties are still lookingfor should call 1-800-387-0020, or provide information anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800- 222-TIPS.