Ontario Provincial Police Block

What a pathetic and lame excuse for not releasing the name of the officer. When the OPP charge ordinary members of the public with criminal harassment and domestic assaults all too frequently they release their names. However, when it comes down to members of their own force being charged they conve...

An Ontario Provincial Police officer working out of a detachment in the east region has been charged with criminal harassment. The OPP's professional standards bureau launched an investigation into the provincial constable in September 2014 after a complaint was filed. The 37-year-old officer was ar...

South Frontenac exercises only option available to it opting for 5-year OPP contract South Frontenac Council authorized a five-year contract with the Ontario Provincial Police for police services in the Township at its regular meeting last week in Sydenham. However, as CAO/Clerk Wayne Orr pointed o...

The law is unconstitutional for several reasons. Section 172(5) requires an officer to have reasonable and probable grounds. This proves a hearing is required before punishment can be imposed. Reasonable and probable grounds bear a standard of proof and onus of proof. Thus, when an accused is charg...

A colleague directed me to the full text of the Brown decision. Two further noteworthy quotes from JP Cuthbertson include “In my opinion, the similarities between s. 128 HTA and s. 3.7 of O. Reg. 455/07 extend only to their wording. They are in different Parts of the HTA, they have significantly dif...

Ontario’s stunt / “racing” laws are the strictest of any rich democracy. Convicted stunters and simple speeders are now exposed to jail provisions within the sentencing phase. When convicted, the MTO driving record remains put on registries ready for viewing by any insurance agent looking to impose ...

Innocent until Proven Guilty SECTION 11(d) “11. ANY person charged with an offence has the right (d) to be PRESUMED INNOCENT until proven guilty according to LAW in a FAIR and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal; ...” The Constitution as I understood it, IS/WAS the Law. And ever...

The regulation says “rate of speed” and one could not ask for better evidence that it is, indeed, badly drafted. Speed is a rate, i.e., the distance traveled in a unit of time. What they really meant by saying “high rate of speed” is simply that the vehicle must be moving very fast, but somehow, the...

Since the Ontario government brought in the so called “racing law” (HTA s. 172) thousands of Ontario drivers have been charged, most for the simple act of driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit (an action which is referred to as “performing a stunt” under the Statute and Regulations). In fac...

Shouting "down with dirty cops," protesters voiced their anger Monday in front of the Orillia OPP detachment in support of a woman who was attacked by a local police officer. About 18 protesters gathered in front of the Peter Street South detachment around the noon hour carrying placards w...

Shouting "down with dirty cops," protesters voiced their anger Monday in front of the Orillia OPP detachment in support of a woman who was attacked by a local police officer. About 18 protesters gathered in front of the Peter Street South detachment around the noon hour carrying placards ...

Demonstration was about woman assaulted by an Orillia police officer in 2013. (Orillia) - A noisy but peaceful demonstration outside the Orillia OPP detachment. About 20 people were there on Monday to voice their displeasure that an officer assigned at the detachment was not charged in the assault ...

Supporters of a woman whose leg was broken during an arrest by an Orillia OPP officer in 2013 are calling for a new investigation into the incident. In April of 2013, 48-year-old Tonie Farrell’s leg was broken during an interaction with a police officer in downtown Orillia. Originally, Farrell was c...

One OPP officer has been charged after a collision with a civilian car on the way to responding to an armed robbery at a Gananoque jewelry store Friday. The car crash occurred at the intersection of Stone and King streets and the Gananoque Police Service charged the OPP officer with fail to yield to...

Protesters waved signs and shouted slogans outside the Orillia OPP detachment Monday, demanding justice for a local woman who suffered injuries at the hands of a police officer. Much of the anger was directed at Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit for its decision in May 2013 not to charge Sgt. Ru...