Ontario Provincial Police Block

A constable with the Ontario Provincial Police is charged with a traffic offence after allegedly hitting a parked vehicle with his cruiser. According to the OPP, Const. Graham Avery was making a turn on Cardiff Road in Huron County – near the community of Ethel, southwest of Listowel – when he hit a...

HURON EAST, Ont. - Provincial police say an officer from the Huron County detachment is facing a charge arising from a collision. Police say the collision occurred in Huron East on Tuesday after the officer had completed a traffic investigation. OPP say the officer was making a turn when the fully m...

Minden Hills’s policing costs will jump by 27 per cent in 2016, a $391,000 increase representing a 6.24 per cent increase over the township’s 2015 tax levy. The township’s policing bill will rise from $1.4 to $1.8 million in the second year of a five-year phase-in of the province’s new OPP billing m...

Havelock – A major increase in policing costs is driving a potential tax increase in Havelock-Belmont-Methuen. Township council got a “first blush” look at the draft 2016 budget which proposes a 5.04 per cent tax hike with a staggering $245,277 increase in contract OPP policing costs accounting for...

PRESCOTT – The public can trust the Ontario Provincial Police to do its job when its officers are accused of wrongdoing, the OPP’s regional commander said Tuesday. Chief Superintendent Daniel Redmond, the OPP’s East Region commander, said local OPP officers were among the people who provided informa...

PRESCOTT – The public can trust the Ontario Provincial Police to do its job when its officers are accused of wrongdoing, the OPP’s regional commander said Tuesday. Chief Superintendent Daniel Redmond, the OPP’s East Region commander, said local OPP officers were among the people who provided informa...

Three OPP officers have been charged following an 18-month investigation by Ontario Provincial Police. The investigation into the potential criminal activity of officers started in May of 2014 after the force received tips from a variety of sources, including OPP officers. A total of seven search wa...

OPP regional commander responds to arrest of three Leeds constables The vast majority of Ontario Provincial Police officers are doing exemplary work, according to the East Region commander. Chief Superintendent Daniel Redmond made the remark during a media gathering in the Grenville County OPP deta...

OPP brass says officers aided investigation leading to arrest of three of their own PRESCOTT The public can trust the Ontario Provincial Police to do its job when its officers are accused of wrongdoing, the OPP’s regional commander said Tuesday. Chief Supt. Daniel Redmond, the OPP’s East Region com...

Chief Supt. Daniel Redmond of the OPP's east region conducted some damage control Tuesday in the wake of criminal charges against three officers. Redmond's statement came just days after an 18-month investigation led to the arrest of three Leeds County OPP constables. They were charged in late Octob...

'We will not stand for this': OPP maintains confidence in force after 3 officers charged Information from other officers led to arrests, says OPP east region head The head of the Ontario Provincial Police's east region says he still has confidence in his force after three members of the Leeds Count...

Two Leeds County OPP officers have been suspended with pay after being arrested in connection with a year-and-a-half-long investigation into the trafficking of cocaine and marijuana in our area, dubbed Project Arrowtown. Provincial Police executed seven search warrants last Thursday, arresting nine...

Two Leeds County Ontario Provincial Police officers were arrested Thursday in connection with illegal drug activity. The arrests, part of a large sweep that also netted seven civilians, follows the recent arrest of a veteran Leeds OPP officer in October – an arrest police confirmed was related to th...

Two OPP officers among 10 charged with drug trafficking offences in Leeds area The Ontario Provincial Police says it has charged 10 people in the Leeds area with drug trafficking related offences, and two of them are Leeds County OPP officers. OPP officials say nine people were arrested on Thursday...

Two OPP officers among 9 arrested in Eastern Ontario drug bust Two veteran Leeds County OPP officers were among nine arrested in connection with illegal drug activity after seven search warrants were executed Nov. 12 following an 18-month investigation. Police say that the Ontario Provincial Police...