Ontario Provincial Police Block

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Police watchdog now handling Collingwood dog killing investigation The investigation into the actions of a Collingwood OPP officer after Merrick the dog was killed is now being handled by a provincial organization. Collingwood OPP Detachment Commander Insp. John Trude told the Police Services Board...

OPP officer cleared in death of man, 62, in police cell in Perth, Ont. MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- The province's police watchdog says there's no evidence a provincial police officer committed a criminal offence in the death of a 62-year-old man in a police cell. The Special Investigations Unit says the m...

Perth OPP officer cleared of wrongdoing in death of man under his care Man, 62, died of perforated ulcer in April Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has found there's no reason to believe an Ontario Provincial Police officer committed a criminal offence when a 62-year-old man died while in his c...

'It's a doozy of a case:' Suspended cop challenges constitutionality of Police Act hearings An OPP officer charged with discreditable conduct after a failed used car fraud investigation has been granted a temporary stay of his disciplinary hearing. OPP Det.-Const. Salvatore (Sam) Amormino is challe...

(BRANTFORD, ON) – On November 28, the OPP investigated an alleged assault involving an off-duty member of the Brant County OPP. As a result of the investigation, police have charged Provincial Constable Anita Cogger with one count of Assault contrary to the Criminal Code. Cogger will appear in a Bra...