SIU wraps up probe into Parry Sound campsite arrest, woman suffers two broken ribs

A stock photo of a campsite. (Pexels/Mac DeStroir)

Ontario’s police watchdog says officers were called to a Parry Sound campsite after a park warden witnessed a woman slap another person in the face, an incident that later led to an arrest and two broken ribs.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) says officers arrived at Oastler Lake Provincial Park on Oct. 5, after the altercation was reported to police.

The report states that officers took the woman into custody and brought her to the Parry Sound OPP Detachment, where she was lodged in a cell and later let go.

According to investigators, the woman eventually attended the local hospital where she was diagnosed with two broken ribs on her right side.

After reviewing the evidence, SIU Director Joseph Martino says there were no reasonable grounds to believe an OPP officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the woman’s injuries.

The investigation has now wrapped up.