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Former Chief and First Nation OPP Officier appears in court

Eli Mandamin appeared in a Kenora courtroom on Thursday, Dec. 17. Mandamin, a former chief of Iskatewizaagegan First Nation (Shoal Lake 39) and First Nation Constable for the Ontario Provincial Police, is facing two separate sets of sexual assault charges stemming from alleged incidents more than 30...
by Thomas
Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:02 am
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: Former Kenora area OPP officer charged with sexual assault
Replies: 6
Views: 17945

Policing costs have municipalities at gun point

It’s hard not to pick up a newspaper in this region and not find a story about the debilitating effect that policing costs have on the bottom line of municipalities. Each year, we hear reeves, mayors and treasurers crying “Uncle!” at budget time with no end in sight. In an effort to find a solution...
by Thomas
Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:37 am
 
Forum: Unsustainable Policing Costs
Topic: Policing costs have municipalities at gun point
Replies: 0
Views: 20067

OPP officer facing charges including forcible confinement

A 20 year veteran of the Ontario Provincial Police is facing several charges including forcible confinement. The OPP’s Profession Standards Bureau laid the charges today against George Duke, 52 of Brockville. He is with the Leeds County Detachment. Duke is charged in connection with an incident that...
by Thomas
Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:48 pm
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer charged in assault on driver, 78
Replies: 8
Views: 29280

Const. George Duke facing assault charge after September cra

A Leeds County OPP officer facing charges of breach of trust, theft and more is now facing additional charges of assault, uttering threats to cause bodily harm and forcible confinement after an unrelated incident, OPP say. A 78-year-old Quebec man was allegedly assaulted during an investigation into...
by Thomas
Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:48 pm
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer charged in assault on driver, 78
Replies: 8
Views: 29280

Brockville OPP officer charged with assault of elderly man

An OPP officer previously charged with theft and firearms offences has been arrested in relation to the assault of an elderly man. OPP charged one of their own on Dec. 16 in an alleged assault on a 78-year-old Quebec man. Police say Const. George Duke, a 20-year veteran of the OPP, inflicted “modera...
by Thomas
Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:44 pm
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer charged in assault on driver, 78
Replies: 8
Views: 29280

Brockville OPP officer charged

OTTAWA – An Ontario Provincial Police officer from Brockville faces several charges in relation to an incident in September. Constable George Duke, 52, is charged with assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement, related to a collision investigation back on September 2. During the investigati...
by Thomas
Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:39 pm
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer charged in assault on driver, 78
Replies: 8
Views: 29280

The cellphone spyware the police don’t want to acknowledge

Canada’s two largest police forces are refusing to say if they use stingrays, which work by scooping up the cellphone signals of everyone nearby. High-tech surveillance equipment called “stingrays” allows police to listen in on your cellphone conversations and text messages — even if you’ve done no...
by Thomas
Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:18 pm
 
Forum: Charter Rights Violations
Topic: The cellphone spyware the police don’t want to acknowledge
Replies: 0
Views: 10927

Leeds OPP constable faces additional charges

An Ontario Provincial Police officer already suspended from duty with pay has been arrested again. Officers with the professional standards bureau of the OPP apprehended George Duke, 52, of Brockville, and charged him with assault, utter threat to cause bodily harm and forcible confinement. An OPP ...
by Thomas
Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:06 pm
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer charged in assault on driver, 78
Replies: 8
Views: 29280

OPP officer charged in assault on driver, 78

A Leeds County provincial police officer already facing numerous criminal counts now has been charged in an attack on a 78-year-old motorist. Const. George Duke, 52, of Brockville, is charged with assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement, Ontario Provincial Police said Wednesday. Officers...
by Thomas
Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:04 pm
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer charged in assault on driver, 78
Replies: 8
Views: 29280

OPP officer charged in assault on driver, 78

A Leeds County provincial police officer already facing numerous criminal counts now has been charged in an attack on a 78-year-old motorist. Const. George Duke, 52, of Brockville, is charged with assault, uttering threats and forcible confinement, Ontario Provincial Police said Wednesday. Officers...
by Thomas
Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:44 pm
 
Forum: Provincial Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer charged in assault on driver, 78
Replies: 0
Views: 7637

Another hike in OPP cost for Tyendinaga

The cost for policing is going up in Tyendinaga Township, again! At Monday nights council meeting, members discovered they will see more than a 14 percent jump in the cost of services. Clerk Steve Mercer says the cost for 2015 was $396,397, while next year will hit well over $453,560. This is not th...
by Thomas
Wed Dec 16, 2015 1:41 pm
 
Forum: Unsustainable Policing Costs
Topic: Another hike in OPP cost for Tyendinaga
Replies: 0
Views: 21281

Fatal accident in Guelph involving alleged hit-and-run

GUELPH — The Special Investigations Unit has been called in after an incident involving Wellington OPP and a citizen early Sunday morning in which the citizen died. And police are seeking help from the public in locating the responsible parties. According to a press release from the SIU, an OPP offi...
by Thomas
Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:08 am
 
Forum: News
Topic: Fatal R.I.D.E. Check Incident Creates SIU Investigation
Replies: 1
Views: 9737

Fatal R.I.D.E. Check Incident Creates SIU Investigation

After Woman Pedestrian's Death Ontario Special Investigations Unit Invokes Mandate ONTARIO’S SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (SIU) INVOKES MANDATE Members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) conducted an R.I.D.E. check at 3:00 a.m. this morning at the intersection of Rose and Arthur...
by Thomas
Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:58 am
 
Forum: News
Topic: Fatal R.I.D.E. Check Incident Creates SIU Investigation
Replies: 1
Views: 9737

Brant OPP officer charged with assault

A Brant County provincial police officer has been charged following investigation of an alleged assault when the constable was off duty, according to a media release issued by the OPP on Tuesday. An investigation by members of the West Region OPP Crime Unit resulted in Const. Anita Cogger being char...
by Thomas
Sun Dec 13, 2015 8:30 am
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP Officer Charged With Assault
Replies: 3
Views: 12060

Dog Death Review Will Be Long

Independent Police Review Director receives 86 complaints about dog's death. (Collingwood ) - It will be about four months before the results are released from an investigation into the actions of a police officer in Collingwood -- who repeatedly ran down and killed an elderly pet dog in October. T...
by Thomas
Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:52 am
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: OPP deliberately runs over and kills a dog in Collingwood
Replies: 34
Views: 106440
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