Ontario Provincial Police Block

Here is a partial list of Canadian police officers killed violently in the line of duty in recent years: — March 2, 2013: Const. Steve Dery, of the Kativik Regional Police Service, was shot and killed and another officer wounded while responding to a domestic dispute in the remote northern Quebec co...

OPP Commissioner Vince Hawkes says footage used in an OPPA attack ad against Tory leader Tim Hudak was improper and not permissible. The commissioner said he outlined his concerns personally Thursday to Jim Christie, president of the Ontario Provincial Police Association. He also issued a directive ...

BRACEBRIDGE - A Toronto lawyer suggests that unlawful police searches are the norm in south Muskoka. Police, however, say a judge’s recent criticism refers to an isolated incident. Earlier this year, attorney John Fitzmaurice was involved in a case before Justice J.C. Crawford in Bracebridge court w...

People should be very worried when their police forces get involved in the politics that run their country. Don’t these guys study history? History has indeed demonstrated that it has never been a good thing when uniformed forces influenced a democratic election process. What has occurred over and o...

Ontario Provincial Police Association exchanges anti-Hudak ads for fat pay increases The Ontario Liberal Party ought to be very pleased to see that the Ontario Provincial Police Association has delivered on its expected quid pro quo. The police union yesterday launched two attack ads targeting Prog...

Kelly McParland: OPP attack on Hudak relegates the public interest to second place In launching a direct attack on opposition leader Tim Hudak, the association representing 6,000 Ontario Provincial Police officers underlines just how hard it is for any government to make a serious effort to control...

Ontario Provincial Police Association has released videos in publicity campaign against Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak In an unprecedented move the association for the rank and file of the Ontario Provincial Police has come out strongly against a political leader — the Progressive Conser...

So the officer has been suspended from duty with pay for over two years by now. Do members of the public get paid after OPP charges them with criminal offenses, that are in numerous cases are either unjustified or plain unlawful? News like that are reminiscent of the ending of the George Orwell's al...

BELLEVILLE, Ont. -- An eastern Ontario provincial police officer has been given a suspended sentence for assaulting his domestic partner. The officer, whose name can't be released under a publication ban, pleaded guilty to assault and two counts of mischief last December. He'd originally being charg...

Toronto - Who do you call when the police break a law? You have to ask that as the Ontario Provincial Police Association (OPPA) sent shockwaves through the election campaign Monday with attack ads targeting PC leader Tim Hudak. It’s the first time the OPPA has entered the political fray with adverti...

Elmvale man's family disturbed by officer's "lawyer-enhanced" notes The family of a mentally disabled man who was shot and killed by a police officer is exasperated after a coroner ruled the officer cannot be questioned on any coaching he had with his lawyer before he made his notes. The ...

While on the stand at a Coroner's inquest, OPP Const. Jeff Seguin compared the moments he pulled a gun to shoot and kill Elmvale's Doug Minty to those in a Hollywood blockbuster. Seguin took the stand Thursday to recount how he shot Minty five times in June 2009 in the Simcoe Country community of El...

Officer tells inquest he saw a blade as mentally handicapped man came towards him MIDHURST - Whether a folding knife in the hands of a mentally handicapped man was open or closed as he charged at a police officer who fatally shot him almost five years ago was a contentious issue at a coroner's inqu...

The OPP are charging one of their own with several criminal offences. It stems from an investigation into incidents occurring between October 2012 and March 2014. Detective Constable Rory Thompson based out of Thunder Bay, is a ten year member of the force is charged with 8 counts of theft under 5-t...

(THUNDER BAY, ON) – The OPP’s Professional Standards Bureau has charged an OPP officer with several criminal offences as a result of an investigation that was commenced on April 14. The alleged offences occurred between October 2012 and March of this year. As a result of the investigation, Detective...