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SIU probing fatal police-involved incident in northeastern Ontario The province’s Special Investigations Unit has launched an investigation into a police-involved incident in Latchford on Thursday that resulted in the death of one individual and the arrest of another. At approximately 5 p.m., offic...

SIU concludes investigation into death of Midland man bitten by police dog without laying charges The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has concluded its investigation into the death of a 45-year-old man in Midland who was bitten by a police dog last October, saying that the deployment of the canin...

Province's SIU clears OPP officer after man's death following police dog bite The province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has cleared an OPP officer of any wrongdoing in connection to the death of a Midland man in November 2023. The SIU was called in to investigate the circumstances surroundin...

'Breach of trust': Sentence for Orillia OPP officer now in judge's hands Crown attorney says Const. Bailey Nicholls' conduct was an 'absolute abuse of power' that has had a 'long-lasting impact' on the victim's life More than four years after an incident in downtown Orillia that spilled over into t...

OPP officer guilty of assaulting a jail cell has sentencing hearing in Orillia PiPa News An Ontario Provincial Police officer guilty of assault causing bodily harm for choking and pinning a woman against jail cells four years ago arrived at the Orillia courthouse on Thursday for a sentencing hearin...

‘The abuse of power… was terrifying’: Crown seeking up to 15-month conditional sentence for Orillia OPP officer convicted of assault Const. Bailey Nicholls’ lawyer is arguing for discharge with probationary conditions or suspended sentence Const. Bailey Nicholls was convicted in October of assault ...

An Ontario Provincial Police officer guilty of assault causing bodily harm for choking and pinning a woman against jail cell bars four years ago arrived at the Orillia courthouse on Thursday for a sentencing hearing. Security video released from inside a holding cell in 2019 showed the interaction b...

Dr. Paul Dungey, Regional Supervising Coroner, East Region, Kingston Office, has announced that an inquest will be held into the death of Leslie Hegedus. Mr. Hegedus, 73 years old, died in the hospital on July 15, 2020, following an interaction with officers from the Ontario Provincial Police in Hal...

Coroner's inquest scheduled to look into death of man while in OPP custody in Burk's Falls Inquest beginning Feb. 12 will examine 2019 death of Mark Smellie Dr. Joel Kirsh, regional supervising coroner, Central Region, Central East Office, announced in a Jan. 19 news release the date for the inques...

RIGHTS WRONGED A Torstar investigation of more than 600 cases reveals police are not often told when judges find they violated the Charter. Consequences for officers are rare. By Rachel Mendleson & Steve Buist June 9, 2022 Please follow the link below. The published content, in addition to text...

Ontario man ‘factually guilty’ but gun case tossed over OPP racial profiling Superior Court Justice Cary Boswell found that the OPP displayed “an almost complete indifference” to the man’s Charter rights. While noting that a man was “factually guilty” of carrying a loaded handgun, a judge recently ...

Hillsburgh man suing province after OPP raid on cannabis facility Civil claim alleges OPP trespassed, damaged property when executing search warrant GUELPH – A Hillsburgh man is suing the province for $2 million following an OPP raid on his Wellington North property in August 2021. According to a s...

Blind River couple accuses OPP of wrongful arrest in $2M civil lawsuit Statement of claim alleges officers had no grounds to arrest and charge couple in bitter, ongoing dispute with neighbours A Blind River, Ont. couple has launched a civil suit against half a dozen members of the East Algoma Ontar...

GuelphToday files complaints against OPP, Coroner’s Office A local news organization says it’s filed formal complaints with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Chief Coroner of Ontario after its reporter was detained by police at the scene of a crash and had his camera confiscated last month. Ric...

Inquest to probe Northern Ont. OPP shooting of man brandishing toy gun SIU cleared officers in John-Paul George’s 2020 death in community of New Liskeard An inquest will be held into the death of 42-year-old John-Paul George, who died in 2020 after being shot by Ontario Provincial Police officers a...