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Former OPP officer gets three more years

Former Ontario Provincial Police officer Jason Redmond now faces nine years in jail after a Brockville court on Thursday sentenced him to more prison time for repeated instances of assault. Ontario Court Justice Donna Hackett agreed to a joint submission from the Crown and defence calling for a thre...
by Thomas
Mon Aug 21, 2023 1:43 pm
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer found guilty of sexually assaulting unconscious
Replies: 22
Views: 23864

SIU re-opens case involving man in OPP Bracebridge custody

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has re-opened a case into the reported serious injuries suffered by a 31-year-old man while he was in custody of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Bracebridge last year. Preliminary information suggests the following: The man was arrested on June 21, 2...
by Thomas
Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:02 pm
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after
Replies: 1
Views: 5538

SIU re-opens case involving man in OPP Bracebridge custody

The province’s Special Investigations Unit has re-opened a case into the reported serious injuries suffered by a 31-year-old man while he was in custody of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Bracebridge last year. Preliminary information suggests the following: The man was arrested on June 21, 2...
by Thomas
Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:02 pm
 
Forum: Special Investigations Unit
Topic: Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after
Replies: 1
Views: 2850

Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after

Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after APTN story The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has reopened its investigation into an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was captured on video beating a Métis man in custody. “Yes, it has been re-opened based on new evidence that has...
by Thomas
Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:01 pm
 
Forum: Abuse of Police Powers
Topic: Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after
Replies: 1
Views: 5538

Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after

Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after APTN story The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has reopened its investigation into an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was captured on video beating a Métis man in custody. “Yes, it has been re-opened based on new evidence that has...
by Thomas
Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:01 pm
 
Forum: Special Investigations Unit
Topic: Police watchdog reopens investigation into OPP officer after
Replies: 1
Views: 2850

Inquest into death of man shot by OPP officer underway

NIPIGON, Ont. - The coroner’s inquest examining the circumstances surrounding the 2016 shooting death of 45-year-old Daniel Legarde by an Ontario Provincial Police officer in Nipigon is underway. The inquest opened on Monday in Nipigon and is scheduled to take 10 days. The jury will hear evidence fr...
by Thomas
Thu Aug 03, 2023 1:37 pm
 
Forum: News
Topic: Inquest into death of man shot by OPP officer underway
Replies: 0
Views: 12123

'It’s a fantastic conclusion to a hard fought battle': Local

'It’s a fantastic conclusion to a hard fought battle': Local migrant farm workers compensated 10 years after illegal DNA sweep It's compensation a decade in the making. In London, Ont. Sunday, migrant farm workers were given their $7,500 settlement cheques after recently winning a 2015 Human Rights...
by Thomas
Thu Aug 03, 2023 1:36 pm
 
Forum: Human Rights Violations
Topic: OPP accused of racially profiling Caribbean migrant workers
Replies: 29
Views: 67451

10 years later, migrant workers get payout over police DNA d

10 years later, migrant workers get payout over police DNA dragnet Junior Modeste says he’s still traumatized from the day Ontario Provincial Police approached him and other migrant workers for DNA samples. “It was a cold day. We were all getting back to the bunkhouses, and (the farm owner) said th...
by Thomas
Thu Aug 03, 2023 1:34 pm
 
Forum: Human Rights Violations
Topic: OPP accused of racially profiling Caribbean migrant workers
Replies: 29
Views: 67451

SIU clears Brant OPP officer after man suffered facial injur

SIU clears Brant OPP officer after man suffered facial injuries during arrest The province’s Special Investigations Unit has determined there was no unlawful conduct on the part of a Brant OPP officer after a man sustained facial injuries while being taken into custody earlier this year. On March 2...
by Thomas
Wed Jul 19, 2023 3:24 pm
 
Forum: Special Investigations Unit
Topic: SIU clears Brant OPP officer after man suffered facial injur
Replies: 0
Views: 15019

Migrant workers caught in DNA dragnet reach final settlement

Migrant workers caught in DNA dragnet reach final settlement with OPP The lawyer representing migrant workers caught in a DNA dragnet is calling a settlement with provincial police a “complete victory” for the marginalized group, a long-awaited conclusion following a human rights-violating sweep of...
by Thomas
Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:22 pm
 
Forum: Human Rights Violations
Topic: OPP accused of racially profiling Caribbean migrant workers
Replies: 29
Views: 67451

Migrant workers' DNA destroyed as part of settlement with OP

Migrant workers' DNA destroyed as part of settlement with OPP, advocates call it 'complete victory' Dozens of migrant workers in 2013 investigation will also get compensation of $7,500 each Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Ministry of the Solicitor General have destroyed the DNA profiles of ...
by Thomas
Mon Jun 26, 2023 12:20 pm
 
Forum: Human Rights Violations
Topic: OPP accused of racially profiling Caribbean migrant workers
Replies: 29
Views: 67451

Migrant workers caught in DNA dragnet reach final settlement

Migrant workers caught in DNA dragnet reach final settlement with OPP The lawyer representing migrant workers caught in a DNA dragnet is calling a settlement with provincial police a “complete victory” for the marginalized group, a long-awaited conclusion following a human rights-violating sweep of...
by Thomas
Fri Jun 23, 2023 6:03 am
 
Forum: Human Rights Violations
Topic: OPP accused of racially profiling Caribbean migrant workers
Replies: 29
Views: 67451

Justicia 4 Migrant Workers: “Complete victory” for migrant w

Justicia 4 Migrant Workers: “Complete victory” for migrant workers as OPP settles prior to remedies hearing TORONTO, June 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a historic move, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Ministry of the Solicitor General have destroyed the DNA profiles that the OPP illeg...
by Thomas
Fri Jun 23, 2023 6:01 am
 
Forum: Human Rights Violations
Topic: OPP accused of racially profiling Caribbean migrant workers
Replies: 29
Views: 67451

Migrant farm workers win cash and more in wake of OPP’s DNA-

Migrant farm workers win cash and more in wake of OPP’s DNA-sweep ‘discrimination’ The Ontario Provincial Police has struck an agreement with 53 migrant farm workers who were subjected to a DNA canvass almost 10 years ago during a sexual assault investigation. Their DNA samples will now be destroye...
by Thomas
Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:59 am
 
Forum: Human Rights Violations
Topic: OPP accused of racially profiling Caribbean migrant workers
Replies: 29
Views: 67451

Eastern Ontario OPP officer sentenced to 6 years in prison f

Eastern Ontario OPP officer sentenced to 6 years in prison for sexual assault A former Ontario Provincial Police officer will spend six years in prison for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2017. Shortly after Jason Redmond was sentenced at the Brockville Courthouse on Friday, the Ontario...
by Thomas
Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:56 am
 
Forum: Federal Statutes Violations
Topic: OPP officer found guilty of sexually assaulting unconscious
Replies: 22
Views: 23864
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