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Online dog petition collects more than 18,000 names

An online petition over the killing of a dog by a Collingwood OPP officer earlier this month has collected more than 18,000 names. The petition launched by the Collingwood Animal Rights Advocate Group calls for the officer involved to be charged and suspended. Last week’s incident, caught on camera,...
by Thomas
Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:48 am
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106778

OPP officer issued notice after collision

An OPP constable has been issued a provincial offence notice following a collision in Paris. County of Brant OPP investigated a collision on Friday at at 7:04 p.m. on Dumfries Street in involving a police cruiser and civilian vehicle. The investigation revealed the officer was traveling southbound o...
by Thomas
Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:03 am
 
Forum: Provincial Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer issued notice after collision
Replies: 0
Views: 7693

Police watchdog receives 50 complaints about Collingwood dog

Police watchdog receives 50 complaints about Collingwood dog killing About 50 complaints have been made to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) regarding last week’s incident in which a Collingwood OPP officer killed a dog. “We have had a number of complaints about this incid...
by Thomas
Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:10 am
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106778

Officer should be charged with animal cruelty

The video was horribly shot, but I still couldn’t believe my eyes. Off in the distance, a vehicle can be seen striking an animal, then reversing and striking it again. And if that wasn’t enough, the animal is struck one more time before someone emerges from the vehicle and shoots the animal dead. Th...
by Thomas
Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:06 am
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106778

Complaints Against Collingwood Officer

Area citizens have launched a number of complaints in the police killing of a dog. (Collingwood) An online petition calling for action following the police shooting of a dog in Collingwood is growing. The petition on change.org has well over 17 thousand signatures now. The page set up by a group ca...
by Thomas
Wed Oct 28, 2015 5:03 am
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106778

2 OPP officers charged with traffic offences

Two OPP constables face Highway Traffic Act charges following separate collisions in different aprts of southern Ontario. Police say the first collision occurred last Thursday, on Wellington Road 6, when an OPP cruiser stopped behind another northbound vehicle. 2 OPP officers charged with traffic of...
by Thomas
Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:56 am
 
Forum: Provincial Statutes Violations
Topic: 2 OPP officers charged with traffic offences
Replies: 0
Views: 7233

Police custody death in Kapuskasing

Ontario's Special Investigation Unit has been called in to investigate the death of an unidentified man was shot dead in Kapuskasing on Saturday evening. Few details have been released about victim, but the OPP are claiming he appeared to be armed at the time of the shooting. While the press release...
by Thomas
Mon Oct 26, 2015 1:47 pm
 
Forum: News
Topic: Police watchdog investigating after man dies in OPP custody
Replies: 1
Views: 8306

Farmer claims he was jailed after refusing to be informant

Farmer who claims he was jailed after refusing to be biker informant sues OPP, province A farmer who alleges he was criminally charged and thrown in jail after refusing to be an informant against the Hells Angels has filed a $6.5-million lawsuit against the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ottawa-...
by Thomas
Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:46 am
 
Forum: Lawsuits Against Police
Topic: Farmer claims he was jailed after refusing to be informant
Replies: 0
Views: 9572

Police watchdog investigating after man dies in OPP custody

Police watchdog investigating after man dies in OPP custody in Kapuskasing KAPUSKASING, Ont. – Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a man died in Kapuskasing, Ont. on Saturday. The Special Investigations Unit says an Ontario Provincial Police officer was investigating a vehicle near the...
by Thomas
Mon Oct 26, 2015 4:51 am
 
Forum: News
Topic: Police watchdog investigating after man dies in OPP custody
Replies: 1
Views: 8306

Hold cop who killed dog accountable: PETA

A Collingwood OPP officer who hit a dog with his car multiple times and then shot the animal to death must be held accountable for his actions, PETA says. Daphna Nachminovitch, senior vice-president of cruelty investigations for the U.S-based animal rights organization, says the officer should face ...
by Thomas
Fri Oct 23, 2015 12:20 pm
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106778

Vigil held for dog killed by OPP officer in Collingwood

About 20 people and their dogs took part in a vigil in Collingwood on Wednesday night to remember a dog that was killed by police. The vigil was held near the spot where Merrick was run over and shot. The group has created an online petition calling for new policies to manage problem wildlife in Col...
by Thomas
Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:53 am
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106778

Ex to stay on stand as cop's trial resumes next year

After six and a half days of testimony from the Crown's key witness, the trial of an Elliot Lake Ontario Provincial Police officer on a myriad of charges, including assault and the theft of tens of thousands of dollars, has been adjourned. Glenn Mclean, who has pleaded not guilty to 26 charges, is s...
by Thomas
Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:42 am
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: Cop, girlfriend lived it up on treatment centre money
Replies: 5
Views: 19420

Charge and Suspend the Collingwood Officer

Charge and Suspend the Collingwood Officer who brutally killed an innocent dog On October 19, 2015 a 21 year old, blind and deaf elderly dog had her life ended in a unforgivable manner. A Collingwood OPP officer was caught on video running over the dog multiple times with a police cruiser and then ...
by Thomas
Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:08 am
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106778

Petitions call for Collingwood OPP officer to be charged

Petitions call for Collingwood OPP officer to be charged with cruelty Two online petitions have been launched calling on officials to lay animal cruelty charges against the Collingwood OPP officer who repeatedly ran over a dog before shooting it. Sarah Abawi, a Collingwood resident who created a gr...
by Thomas
Thu Oct 22, 2015 11:00 am
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106778

“Coyote” OPP Killed Was 21-yr-old Deaf & Blind “Merrick”

Turns out that the coyote killed in Collingwood Monday night after being deliberately hit by an OPP cruiser three times and then shot… WASN’T A COYOTE! The OPP claimed it was an “aggressive” and “rabid” animal. But in reality it was neighbourhood resident Karen Sutherland’s 21-year-old deaf and bli...
by Thomas
Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:57 am
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106778
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