Global issues are fuelling protests across Ontario and putting a strain on police forces monitoring the demonstrations, a new report says. International conflicts, the COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale public events led to a 184 per cent increase in the deployment of public order unit police units between 2018 and 2022, the report from Ontario’s […]
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Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police Const. Sean O’Rourke has been found not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a man on Highway 401 in July 2021.
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Woodstock police officer Det.-Const. Eric Dopf avoided termination after pleading guilty to two professional misconduct charges
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When Ryan Teschner was appointed as Ontario’s first inspector general of policing, he vowed to visit all of the province’s 43 police forces and meet with the boards overseeing them.
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Several professional misconduct charges against Ontario Premier Doug Ford's son-in-law are related to correspondence with London officers.
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A former London police officer who pleaded guilty to harassment has avoided a criminal record.
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An informal resolution was reached in a professional misconduct case against a Stratford police officer at the centre of a $3-million lawsuit, the city's police chief says.
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A veteran London cop has resigned amid allegations he hired a sex-trade worker and insulted fellow officers on social media. Seven professional misconduct charges against Const. Juan Romero, 47, were stayed Friday after a tribunal heard the 20-year service member had resigned from the force. But that’s not the end of legal trouble for Romero, […]
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A Stratford man whose tooth was knocked out when he was arrested by Stratford police officers alleges they used excessive force and had no right to detain him, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Kyle Nicholson, 36, launched a $3-million lawsuit against the Stratford police board and five officers – four constables and one sergeant […]
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A Sarnia police officer was penalized further Wednesday for an off-duty incident last year at the Blue Water Bridge that connects his community to Michigan. Read More
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London’s police chief is withholding the salary of a suspended officer who was sentenced to house arrest after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman. Read More
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But it appears that window has slammed shut as the disgraced former first-class constable, convicted in July of multiple assault charges linked to off-duty conduct, including domestic violence, has voluntarily resigned Friday, police said. Read More