Ontario Provincial Police Block

Ex-Lover Attempts to Shred OPP Constable in Fraud Scandal: Serving the Public Interest or Making a Mockery of the Public? Karen Querat, also known as Karen Bedard, was arrested on November 20th, 2013 and pleaded guilty on August 8th, 2014 to charges of fraud over $5,000 – $129,927.74 to be exact. Q...

OPP officer charged with accessing child porn appears in court Friday THUNDER BAY – A provincial police sergeant charged with accessing child pornography appeared in court on Friday morning. Mark Anthony Maltais was represented by defence lawyer Gil Labine at the Thunder Bay Courthouse. Maltais, 46...

A 25-year-old Pembroke Ontario Provincial Police officer has been charged after the truck he was driving collided with another truck which struck a parked car with a passenger inside. On Wednesday, at approximately 4:25 p.m. two officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP detachment were called to a c...

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...