Police say a 29-year-old patient on a day pass from St. Joseph's Forensic Psychiatry Unit failed to return and told hospital staff that he won't go back.

The director of the Special Investigations Unit says the officers feared for their lives when they fired a combined nine rounds of bullets at the man who was moving towards them with a serrated kitchen knife.

The Representative for Children and Youth has written about a bill that would allow patients under 19 to be involuntarily admitted for up to 48 hours.

Mona Wang alleges in her civil claim that a police officer handcuffed her and dragged her down a hallway, after finding her lying on the bathroom floor.

The bill would allow hospital patients under the age of 19 to be admitted for stabilization care for up to 48 hours after a life-threatening overdose. 

Police say the man charged at officers early Wednesday while brandishing a knife.

The incident happened around 1 p.m. outside the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada office on Exeter Road.

Officers were forced to use a conducted energy weapon when attempts to de-escalate the situation failed, police said.

The police chief said officers were able to arrest the man peacefully thanks to good training and composure.

According to police, officers were called to a disturbance shortly before 11 a.m. Monday and a man, 48, was injured "during a struggle while being apprehended under the Mental Health Act."