ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) officers responded to what was originally perceived as a bomb threat at the Niagara Health Systems St. Catharines Hospital on April 1. According to an NRPS news release, an elderly man said something to a hospital staff member, who interpreted the statement as a bomb threat. The man had left the facility by the time police arrived at 2:11 p.m. that day, and the officers investigated the threat’s veracity while undergoing safety protocols with the staff. Police eventually located the man, took him into custody, interviewed him and, following further investigation by the Uniform Branch and 1 District Detective office, released him unconditionally. Regular operations at the hospital resumed at about 3:20 p.m.