Ontario Provincial Police Block

Police watchdog closes file on OPP arrest of man at L'Orignal in 2022 The provincial police watchdog has closed its file on the complaint of a 42-year-old man who was injured during his arrest by Ontario Provincial Police officers at L’Orignal last fall. In a report dated Tuesday and posted online ...

Human Rights Tribunal must dismiss claim that overlaps with civil action: Ontario Court of Appeal Case arose from workplace reprisal, threat of reprisal and discrimination The Ontario Appeal Court has upheld the dismissal of a human rights claim that substantially overlapped with a case brought to ...

Commissioner wanted you to receive messaging ahead of our internal and external messaging on the developments in this case. I am aware that many of you have heard about developments from other members, but I think the organizational information is important. Please know that Detachment, Healthy Work...

Michael SNELGROVE has an extensive history of conflict with the OPP and, in particular, member of the Haliburton Detachment. SNELGROVE used to have property in the Haliburton/Minden area. He has apparently sold that property and now resides in the Burlington area. (Source: PSB Sgt Mjr Matt TURNER) T...

Changing how police complaints are handled in Ontario violates the public trust Changes to how public complaints against police officers are handled will make the complaints system even more insular in Ontario. Through the province’s Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019, the system for handling ...

The Ontario Special Investigations Unit, a police watchdog, has found no grounds to charge Quinte West OPP officers after a 60-year-old man suffered a fractured wrist while in custody. On August 5, the man was arrested for impaired driving after a collision in Trenton. While at the detachment, he pr...

OPP suspends officer, orders new investigation after man allegedly left on remote northern highway in 2019 Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek leadership had called for the officer to be fired The former Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detachment commander in a remote northern township has been suspended ...

Manslaughter case against 3 Kawartha Lakes OPP officers accused in shooting death of young boy adjourned to next year

OPP Constables Nathan Vanderheyden, Kenneth Pengelly and Grayson Cappus are charged in connection to the shooting death of 18-month-old Jameson Shapiro in November 2020

Gore Bay man not guilty of charges, rights breached under Charter of Rights and Freedoms A Gore Bay man is not guilty of charges of refusing or failing to provide a breath sample and resisting arrest, after bringing a Charter application for exclusion of evidence based on a breach of his rights und...

OPP officers cleared in death of man following chase near Long Sault The cause of death remains undetermined. The province’s police watchdog says it has found no reasonable grounds to believe three Ontario Provincial Police officers committed any criminal offence in connection with the death of a 6...

SIU clears OPP officers in man's death after fleeing Long Sault, Ont. RIDE checkpoint Ontario's police watchdog has cleared three Ontario Provincial Police officers of wrongdoing in the death of a 66-year-old man, who fled a RIDE check near Long Sault, Ont. last summer. The Special Investigations U...

Died of unknown causes after failing breathalyzer test and being handcuffed Ontario's police watchdog says there are no grounds to charge three Ontario Provincial Police officers in the death of a 66-year-old man who fled a traffic stop near Long Sault, Ont., this summer. According to Saturday's re...

OPP officer faces assault charges after 43-year-old man seriously injured BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. - An Ontario Provincial Police officer is facing a pair of assault charges, the province's police watchdog said Thursday, following the arrest of a man who was allegedly left with serious injuries. The Speci...

Bracebridge OPP officer faces assault charges in arrest of man Officers tracked the suspect to a retail area where they shot him with a stun gun An Ontario Provincial Police officer is facing a pair of assault charges, the province’s police watchdog said Thursday, following the arrest of a man who ...

Bracebridge OPP officer facing assault charges after SIU investigation The Special Investigations Unit said a Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police officer is facing assault charges in connection with an arrest earlier this year. In a statement Thursday, the director of the Special Investigations U...