Ontario Provincial Police Block

(PRESCOTT, ON) – On December 16, 2015 officers with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) arrested and charged an OPP officer in relation to an incident that occurred on September 2, 2015 during a motor vehicle collision investigation in which a 78-year-old Quebec ...

Eli Mandamin appeared in a Kenora courtroom on Thursday, Dec. 17. Mandamin, a former chief of Iskatewizaagegan First Nation (Shoal Lake 39) and First Nation Constable for the Ontario Provincial Police, is facing two separate sets of sexual assault charges stemming from alleged incidents more than 30...

It’s hard not to pick up a newspaper in this region and not find a story about the debilitating effect that policing costs have on the bottom line of municipalities. Each year, we hear reeves, mayors and treasurers crying “Uncle!” at budget time with no end in sight. In an effort to find a solution...

A 20 year veteran of the Ontario Provincial Police is facing several charges including forcible confinement. The OPP’s Profession Standards Bureau laid the charges today against George Duke, 52 of Brockville. He is with the Leeds County Detachment. Duke is charged in connection with an incident that...

A Leeds County OPP officer facing charges of breach of trust, theft and more is now facing additional charges of assault, uttering threats to cause bodily harm and forcible confinement after an unrelated incident, OPP say. A 78-year-old Quebec man was allegedly assaulted during an investigation into...

An OPP officer previously charged with theft and firearms offences has been arrested in relation to the assault of an elderly man. OPP charged one of their own on Dec. 16 in an alleged assault on a 78-year-old Quebec man. Police say Const. George Duke, a 20-year veteran of the OPP, inflicted “modera...

OTTAWA – An Ontario Provincial Police officer from Brockville faces several charges in relation to an incident in September. Constable George Duke, 52, is charged with assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement, related to a collision investigation back on September 2. During the investigati...

Canada’s two largest police forces are refusing to say if they use stingrays, which work by scooping up the cellphone signals of everyone nearby. High-tech surveillance equipment called “stingrays” allows police to listen in on your cellphone conversations and text messages — even if you’ve done no...

An Ontario Provincial Police officer already suspended from duty with pay has been arrested again. Officers with the professional standards bureau of the OPP apprehended George Duke, 52, of Brockville, and charged him with assault, utter threat to cause bodily harm and forcible confinement. An OPP ...

A Leeds County provincial police officer already facing numerous criminal counts now has been charged in an attack on a 78-year-old motorist. Const. George Duke, 52, of Brockville, is charged with assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement, Ontario Provincial Police said Wednesday. Officers...

A Leeds County provincial police officer already facing numerous criminal counts now has been charged in an attack on a 78-year-old motorist. Const. George Duke, 52, of Brockville, is charged with assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement, Ontario Provincial Police said Wednesday. Officers...

The cost for policing is going up in Tyendinaga Township, again! At Monday nights council meeting, members discovered they will see more than a 14 percent jump in the cost of services. Clerk Steve Mercer says the cost for 2015 was $396,397, while next year will hit well over $453,560. This is not th...

GUELPH — The Special Investigations Unit has been called in after an incident involving Wellington OPP and a citizen early Sunday morning in which the citizen died. And police are seeking help from the public in locating the responsible parties. According to a press release from the SIU, an OPP offi...

After Woman Pedestrian's Death Ontario Special Investigations Unit Invokes Mandate ONTARIO’S SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (SIU) INVOKES MANDATE Members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted an R.I.D.E. check at 3:00 a.m. this morning at the intersection of Rose and Arthur...

A Brant County provincial police officer has been charged following investigation of an alleged assault when the constable was off duty, according to a media release issued by the OPP on Tuesday. An investigation by members of the West Region OPP Crime Unit resulted in Const. Anita Cogger being char...