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Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged in connection with a collision Tuesday in Laurentian Valley Township. Police say the officer was responding to a crash and was driving with its emergency lights and siren activated on Paul Martin Drive, when it collided with a west bound 2004 Ford t...

Almaguin councils brace for another round of hefty policing increases ALMAGUIN – The second round of OPP cost increases is hitting municipalities just as hard as the first. “We’ve cut everything we possibly can,” Ryerson Township Reeve Glenn Miller says. “The cost of doing business with the OPP has...

An Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act after a motor vehicle collision in Welland earlier this week. At about 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, July 14 officers from the Niagara Detachment of the OPP Highway Safety Division investigated a collision Hwy. 140 at Enterp...

When someone commits a crime, usually an investigation into said crime begins immediately. Then why does this not apply police officers who commit crimes? Leaked contracts between police unions and city officials show guarantees that disciplinary records and complaints issued against officers would ...

A member of the Quinte West OPP was the driver injured during a serious collision fromFriday night. Quinte West OPP and other emergency officials were called to 1538 Frankford-Stirling Road, near Oak Hills Golf Club, where a driver was ejected from a vehicle. An investigation lasted about 12 hours, ...

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is looking into the circumstances surrounding the apprehension of a suspect following a traffic stop in the Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls shortly after 12 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4. The 48-year-old-man sustained injuries to his shoulder and neck during t...

KENORA – Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit are probing the circumstances surrounding a traffic stop yesterday on Highway 71 in Kenora. Preliminary information from the Ontario Provincial Police suggests the following: Around 12 p.m. on February 4, 2016, an OPP K-9 officer stopped a vehicle appro...

The OPP is looking for both college and university students with a background in technology from Brampton who have either just graduated, or who will soon do so, to take part in an upcoming event. It will provide information about how they can put their talents to work for the police. Hosting a Tech...

Hunt for tech grads with in-demand skills puts force in direct competition with startups The OPP is hoping to bolster its technological know-how by snagging new grads destined for the tech industry, putting the nearly century-old police force in direct competition with technology startups. Provinci...

(ORILLIA, ON) – As a result of hundreds of officers retiring, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be hiring even more police officers than usual. This presents a rare opportunity to enhance efforts at diversification by developing a virtual outreach and awareness strategy that is unique. “We ar...

A Williamsford man lays charges against veteran Grey County OPP officers. A Grey County man claims he was roughed up by plain clothes police officers in an incident on December 15th. Enos Martin of Williamsford was among a group of people who supported raw milk producer Michael Schmidt during a rai...

Provincial police offering virtual ride-along to attract recruits The OPP is embarking on an “unprecedented” hiring spree, using social media and virtual ride-alongs to attract potential candidates. “We will purposefully open the doors to the public, on a global scale, eliminate barriers to accessi...

MARYSVILLE — Recent changes to how the Ontario Provincial Police bill municipalities for service could have a major impact on rural townships that are home to wind turbines. More than six years after the turbines on Wolfe Island became operational, Frontenac Islands Township council was surprised in...

Rural Lambton municipalities investigating any potential impacts to their OPP bills Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey is urging local municipalities to ensure they're getting enough revenue from wind energy companies following the discovery that policing costs for wind turbine properties are now includ...

One of two civil lawsuits filed against former OPP Sgt. Darryl Storey has been dismissed. The family of Jasmine Veneruzzo, 18, who was killed in a collision at the intersection of Twin City Crossroads and Highway 11/17 in 2008, had filed a lawsuit against Storey and the province of Ontario alleging ...