Ontario Provincial Police Block

OPP officer could face jail time over off-duty road rage incident An OPP officer could be facing jail time for an off-duty road rage incident that happened in 2016. Sgt. Rui Pacheco was in court Thursday for his sentencing hearing. The defence in the case wants a conditional discharge. The Crown di...

Will OPP cop linked to 'reprehensible' Facebook posts be in classrooms? OPP officials won't discuss whether a local police officer who's ensnared in controversy over Facebook posts mocking gays, menstruation and teachers will continue speaking to schoolchildren in classrooms across Lambton County. ...

OPP officer guilty of driving three times the speed limit was trying to protect public from dangerous man: lawyer Lawyer says OPP constable was ‘trying her best to protect public from a dangerous person.’ An OPP officer who drove three times a residential speed limit while trying to catch a suspect...

Local OPP spokesperson muzzled amid 'reprehensible' Facebook post backlash SARNIA – The local Ontario Provincial Police officer who serves as the face of the force in Lambton County is out as spokesperson, at least for now, amid a deepening backlash over Facebook comments that mocked gays and menst...

A Quinte West OPP officer, convicted on a charge laid for crashing a vehicle, has also been charged by the OPP Professional Standards Bureau. Constable Allan Detlor was fined $1,500 and prohibited from driving for a year after he pled guilty in Belleville Court on April 8 to driving with more than 8...

OPP officers, civilians employees get wage increase over four-year contract TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police officers and civilians employees with the force will see their salaries increase under a new four-year contract reached through arbitration. Officers will receive an approximate two per c...

OPP officer was trying to protect public from 'dangerous person' before Binbrook crash: lawyer Lauren Cheeseman pleaded guilty to mischief endangering life in connection with 2015 crash An OPP officer was trying to protect the public from a "very dangerous person" when she followed a bank...

TORONTO -- Ontario is planning to cut about $46 million this year from the provincial police budget. The Progressive Conservative government's expenditure estimates for this year show the funding drop, which largely comes out of "field and traffic services." Solicitor General Sylvia Jones ...

Criminologist slams OPP for 'retrograde' handling of death probe Homicide expert Michael Arntfield says police probing a body found with a fridge near a Lake Erie village are doing it all wrong by saying there’s no threat to the public and withholding details of the case. The former police officer,...

‘He was trying to find help’: Brother of OPP officer who died by suicide calls for action A Wellesley man known as a municipal leader in Stratford and Waterloo Region is calling on the OPP to take immediate action on officer suicides. Rob Horne’s brother is one of 13 OPP officers who have died by s...

A video is making the rounds on social media that shows an altercation between an OPP officer and a young person outside Harriett Todd Public School during the lockdown at Twin Lakes Secondary School on Tuesday in Orillia. The excerpt shows an officer detaining a youth against a vehicle, then the yo...

OPP vehicle in Marathon, Ont., catches fire, causes 'extensive damage' Siding on 2 nearby houses "melted ... and started to droop" due to heat from the fire, police sa y An Ontario Provincial Police vehicle in Marathon caught fire Sunday evening, causing "extensive damage" to th...

Watchdog rejects NDP request to investigate Ford’s role in OPP firing TORONTO—Ontario’s integrity commissioner says there are no grounds to investigate Premier Doug Ford’s possible involvement in the firing of an outspoken OPP deputy commissioner. Deputy OPP commissioner Brad Blair was fired on Mar...

‘No indication’ that Doug Ford influenced OPP firing, ethics watchdog says OPP deputy commissioner Brad Blair was fired after revealing that the premier’s office had pushed the OPP to provide Ford with a van that had been customized with a leather reclining sofa and TV. Ontario's integrity commissi...

Integrity commissioner says there are no grounds to investigate OPP deputy’s firing Ontario's integrity commissioner says there are no grounds to support an inquiry into the firing of OPP Deputy Commissioner Brad Blair. J. David Wake says he has no evidence to suggest Blair was fired at the suggest...