On August 4, 2019 at approximately 2:40 p.m., the Saskatoon Police Service responded to a downtown parking garage in the 100 block of 1st Avenue South to assist security officers with a male who had been exposing himself to the public.

On arrival, police found the male to still be unclothed and exposing himself as well as he climbed into a small space near a stairwell confining himself. He appeared to be intoxicated by drugs and was behaving erratically. The male had several syringes in both of his hands and made motions with them toward police and himself. Concerned for the safety of everyone involved including the subject, police deployed a conducted energy weapon (CEW). After the first deployment, the male refused to drop the needles and subsequently a second deployment was done. The male complied at this point and was taken into custody. Medavie Health Services West transported the male to St. Paul’s Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries from the CEW and his high level of intoxication. He was later transported to Detention.

A 33-year-old male faces charges of indecent exposure, breach of probation and also was arrested on an outstanding warrant for breach of probation. He will appear before a Justice of the Peace on Monday afternoon.