Ontario Provincial Police Block

OHRC Troubled By Accusations Of Racial Profiling In Vienna Sexual Assault Case The Ontario Human Rights Commission says it has expressed concerns about alleged racial profiling by the OPP to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director. The OIPRD is currently reviewing the OPP’s practices f...

Allegations of racial profiling of migrant workers troubling: OHRC TORONTO, July 17, 2014 /CNW/ - The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) took another step to eliminate racial profiling in Ontario by speaking out in the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) systemic review of ...

Ottawa OPP officer charged with shoplifting, resisting arrest at Walmart Ottawa OPP Const. Dennis Hill won’t be patrolling the Queensway any time soon after his own police force arrested him while he was on medical leave for rehab. Hill’s leave took a rapid turn on June 22, when police allege he tr...

Dennis Hill, 37, a Constable in the eastern region Ontario Provincial Police has been charged with one count of theft under $5,000 and one count of resisting arrest. On June 22, an investigation was initiated as result of an incident that occurred at the Wal-Mart in Carlton Place. Hill was accused a...

An Ottawa OPP officer has been charged with theft and resisting arrest after an incident at a Walmart in Carleton Place, Ont., last month. Ontario Provincial Police say they laid the charges after an investigation by the members of the OPP Professional Standards Bureau. Dennis Hill, 37, has been cha...

EXCLUSIVE: Vaughan MP Fantino firing of First Nations police chief not racism, court rules An Ontario court has upheld a human rights tribunal ruling that the firing of a First Nations police chief without a hearing by then-OPP commissioner Julian Fantino had nothing to do with the man’s aboriginal...

After two weeks of pre-trial in June, a judge will speak to the case of OPP Const. Kara Darnley in a Barrie courtroom on July 28. Darnley, of the Huronia West OPP detachment in Wasaga Beach, was arrested and charged Wednesday, July 4, 2012. She was charged with Obstruct Justice, three counts of Crim...

A Northwest Region OPP officer has been charged in conjunction with an alleged domestic assault. The officer, who isn’t being named by police in order to protect the victim, was charged with one count of assault and one count of sexual assault. The officer, who was not assigned to frontline duties w...

The Ontario Provincial Police has charged one of its own officers in the northwestern Ontario region with assault and sexual assault. In a news release Wednesday, the OPP said the charges stem from an investigation into a domestic-related incident. According to police, the officer does not work on f...

A trial will be held later this year for a former Napanee provincial police officer charged with fraud and other offenses. Wayne Burrows was charged by the Professional Standards Bureau last August with theft under $5,000, fraud under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime. The 30 year ...

A trial date has been set for an Ontario Provincial Police officer charged with fraud. Wayne Burrows, 54, was stationed at the Napanee OPP detachment when he was charged last August with theft and fraud under $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime. Burrows was on duty when the alleged i...

A 30-year-veteran of the Ontario Provincial Police is scheduled for a court appearance next month in relation to fraud charges. Const. Wayne Burrows was charged with theft and fraud by the Professional Standards Bureau late last month. While Burrows was not in attendance at court Thursday his matter...

Toronto Const. John Zivcic was the 23rd Ontario police officer to die in the line of duty in the last 13 years when he was struck in a two-car crash on the weekend, according to the Ontario Police Memorial Foundation. Zivcic, 34, was responding to a call when his cruiser collided with another car at...

Officers facing serious criminal charges should be stripped of pay: police chiefs association WATERLOO REGION — Police say their hands are tied and they have no choice but to pay officers who are suspended while they face misconduct charges. The Police Services Act dictates that officers continue t...

LEAMINGTON, Ont. -- An OPP officer has been charged with shoplifting following an incident in Leamington. The Ontario Provincial Police charged one of their own after responding to call from a loss-prevention officer at a Talbot Street address in Leamington shortly after 2:20 p.m. on Friday. The sus...