Ontario Provincial Police Block

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 ...

At least 50 police officers currently suspended with pay in Ontario Only province in Canada where law requires suspended cops to stay on payroll, unless sentenced to serve time. At least 50 officers with four of the province's largest police forces are currently suspended from duty for alleged misc...

Ontario weighs changes on suspending police officers with pay Under current law, suspended officers must be kept on payroll unless sentenced to time in custody The Ontario government is considering giving police chiefs more power to suspend officers without pay, a change that police brass have been...

A Greater Sudbury man says he may sue the OPP after a drug possession charge was dropped Wednesday. Michel Lavoie said outside court that he has a medical marijuana licence and never should have been charged when he was stopped New Year's Eve. "I think I will probably sue the officer and the OP...

A Thunder Bay OPP officer is facing a child porn charge. The Thunder Bay Police Service cyber crime unit started their investigation in December. On Wednesday, with the help of the emergency task unit, police executed a search warrant at a Mapleward Road residence. Police seized computers and other ...

A shocker from Thunder Bay Police. Spokesperson Chris Adams says an OPP officer is facing a charge of possessing child pornography. He says the Cyber Crime Unit began an investigation in December of last year which culminated in a raid on a Mapleward Road residence on Wednesday and the seizure of co...

A 46-year-old Thunder Bay man and OPP sergeant is facing child pornography charges, city police say. Thunder Bay police's Cyber Crime Unit began an investigation last month, which resulted in officers obtaining a search warrant for the man's Mapleward Road residence. When the search warrant was exec...

A 46-year-old 17-year veteran of the Ontario Provincial Police officer is facing a child-pornography charge in Thunder Bay. Thunder Bay Police say they arrested the man, suspected of accessing child pornography on the Internet last month. With the assistance of the cyber crimes unit and the Thunder...

A Bancroft OPP officer no longer faces a charge of sexual assault. The 51-year-old Bancroft man agreed to enter into a peace bond in court yesterday in Belleville and the charge was withdrawn. The constable was charged by the OPP on November 26th, 2014 following a sexual assault investigation in the...

Caledon OPP Insp. Tim Melanson and Sgt. on duty weigh in on police misconduct revealed in Toronto Star report Caledon OPP Detachment Insp. Tim Melanson is assuring the public he expects more from his officers after a Toronto Star investigation revealed a shift in which multiple officers made false ...

Man acquitted of murder after ‘Mr. Big’ sting sues police and Crown Alan Smith, who spent years in jail after falling for the controversial technique now reined in by the Supreme Court, is seeking $19 million in damages. The target of an elaborate, lengthy and ultimately failed “Mr. Big” sting has ...