Ontario Provincial Police Block

An Ontario Provincial Police officer was issued a traffic ticket after a fender bender in Tillsonburg earlier this month. The collision occurred when police were called to an incident on London Street at about 5:50 a.m. on Sept. 15. While there, one officer was attempting to respond to another incid...

Michael Read says he was told 'things have changed' since he left OPP A retired staff sergeant with the Ontario Provincial Police, in an interview with CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition, has spoken out against the heavy-handed tactics he says he experienced after being pulled over by an officer of the...

Six year veteran of the OPP convicted of driving drunk while off duty. (Tiny Township) - A six-year OPP veteran has been convicted of impaired driving. 33-year-old Constable Lana Gauvin is with Huronia West OPP, and she was charged after a crash in Tiny township in July. Police officers were called ...

OPP officer charged with second criminal offence in three months OTTAWA — A Kanata OPP officer previously charged with luring a child has now been charged with an off-duty weapons offence but remains on the payroll of the provincial police. Const. Michael Janho, 31, was charged with luring a child ...

SIU clears Essex detachment OPP officers in London-area shooting The Special Investigations Unit has decided not to charge three Essex detachment Ontario Provincial Police officers who shot and injured a 17-year-old boy near London last month. According to a release from the SIU, four officers were...

NAPANEE — A long-standing officer with the Ontario Provincial Police has been arrested for theft and fraud. On Thursday morning, 53-year-old OPP Const. Wayne Burrows was arrested in Hastings or Lennox and Addington County. “He was charged with theft, fraud and possession of stolen property,” said OP...

MISSISSAUGA — A Port Credit OPP officer has been charged in connection with a collision on Hwy. 410 while she was on duty. Police say just after midnight on Saturday, the officer was driving a marked OPP vehicle on Hwy. 410 at Highway 401 in Mississauga. The officer was travelling in heavy stop-and-...

30-year OPP veteran faces theft and fraud charges NAPANEE, Ont. A 30-year veteran of the Ontario Provincial Police faces fraud and theft charges, stemming from incidents that police say occurred over the summer. Const. Wayne Burrows, 53, was arrested and charged Thursday with theft under $5,000, fr...

Police power has limits BY OTTAWA CITIZEN EDITORIAL, OTTAWA CITIZEN AUGUST 27, 2013 Police officers deserve respect for what they do to keep us safe every day. But if the rule of law is to mean anything, police officers must be held accountable when they step out of line. The Ontario Superior Court...

Veteran OPP officer faces theft and fraud charges NAPANEE, Ont. – A 30-year veteran of the Ontario Provincial Police faces fraud and theft charges, stemming from incidents that police say occurred over the summer. Const. Wayne Burrows, 53, was arrested and charged Thursday with theft under $5,000, ...

OTTAWA — A longtime officer with the Ontario Provincial Police has been charged with theft and fraud. Wayne Burrows, 53, was charged with theft under $5,000, fraud under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime. The OPP said in a release that the charges stem from thefts and fraud that to...

OPP officer violated passenger’s rights at RIDE checkpoint, appeal court rules BY ANDREW SEYMOUR, OTTAWA CITIZEN AUGUST 25, 2013 OTTAWA — An OPP officer’s decision to ask for identification from a back-seat passenger during a RIDE checkpoint was a violation of the passenger’s Charter rights, an app...

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Police use of force and a promising investigation The decision by André Marin, the Ombudsman of Ontario, to investigate the provincial government’s guidelines on police use of force is welcome news. The investigation will not conflict with any other and can only serve to shed more light on an issue...

An Ontario judge has turned a routine decision into a scathing critique of the province’s justice system, warning its courts are increasingly “only open to the rich.” Ontario Superior Court Justice D.M. Brown made his pointed commentary in a ruling last week on a preliminary matter in a lawsuit York...