Ontario Provincial Police Block

SOUTH PORCUPINE – The Ontario Provincial Police is remaining mum about details in the arrest of a fellow officer. The charges resulted from an investigation by the OPP Professional Standards Bureau into misappropriation of fund, but OPP are not saying who made the complaint, whether the charges are ...

An OPP sergeant faces a number of charges today relating to fraud. Acting on a complaint and following an investigation by the OPP Professional Standards Bureau into misappropriation of funds, a South Porcupine OPP officer was arrested and charged yesterday. Sylvie Demers, a 43-year-old Sergeant, h...

OPP officer charged with careless driving after 4-vehicle crash A veteran police officer is facing a charge of careless driving following a four-vehicle crash in Wellington County. The collision occurred around 6:45 p.m. Thursday, on Brock Road in Aberfoyle. Police say the officer failed to stop fo...

SOUTH PORCUPINE, Ont. - An Ontario Provincial Police officer has been arrested and charged after an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of funds. The OPP says after an investigation by its professional standards bureau, Sylvie Demers of its South Porcupine unit has been charged with thef...

Hundreds of working police officers have been disciplined in recent years for reckless, deceitful and often criminal behaviour. In the first of a four-part series, a story about the crimes of current OPP Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Steers. Jeffrey Steers, an officer with the Ontario Provincial Police, place...

SOUTH PORCUPINE, Ont. - An Ontario Provincial Police officer has been arrested and charged after an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of funds. The OPP says after an investigation by its professional standards bureau, Sylvie Demers of its South Porcupine unit has been charged with thef...

A South Porcupine OPP officer was arrested Sept. 17 after an investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Professional Standards Bureau (PSB) into misappropriation of funds. Sylvie Demers, a 43-year-old sergeant and a 21-year member of the OPP, has been charged with theft over $5,000, fraud ...

The provincial Special Investigation Unit is investigating after the Ontario Provincial Police used a Taser to catch a suspect resisting arrest. OPP were trying to arrest a 42-year-old man who was riding an e-bike without a helmet and known to be prohibited from driving in Canada. Officers tried to ...

Police say man was riding an e-bike without a helmet Provincial police called Ontario's Special Investigations Unit after officers used a stun gun while arresting a 42-year old man in Tecumseh, OPP said in a news release. Police said they found a man riding an e-bike without a helmet at 8 p.m. Wedn...

An OPP superintendent has ruled that a Central Hastings OPP officer is no longer fit for public service. Superintendent Robin McElary-Downer of the OPP’s Orillia headquarters delivered the ruling this morning at the Quinte West OPP detachment. The officer in question pleaded guilty to assault and mi...

An OPP officer was sentenced today, after pleading guilty to discreditable conduct. The charge, under the Police Services Act, followed criminal charges, the Central Hasting member plead guilty too involving the same incident. The officer was seeking a demotion, while the OPP was looking for dismiss...

In that bizarre movie Jane Mansfield’s Car, well-known actor Robert Duvall, a nosy citizen, arrives at a traffic accident scene and confidently walks through the police line. He chats with the cops about how the accident occurred. That scene would never occur in Ontario where police have expanded an...

If a reporter impersonates a cop to get a story, someone’s going to jail and I can tell you it’s going to be the dipstick journo who’s going to be wearing orange. If a cop impersonates a reporter to get the inside scoop on a native protest or to build a case against a criminal, well, okay then. Tha...

Three high ranking officials abusing their power, those are the allegations the Ontario Provincial Police Association (OPPA) has been looking into for the past five months. Former president Jim Christie, former vice president Martin Bain and former CAO Karl Walsh have been accused of racking up ques...