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Tow truck hauling a wrecked car away in winter.  Getty The owner of a prominent towing company north of Toronto is among those charged in a wide-ranging investigation that also saw the arrest of three OPP officers and the suspension of four others. Sutheshkumar Sithambarpillay, 52 — also known as Steve Pillai, the owner of Steve’s Towing, in North York — was charged with aiding and abetting breach of trust and secret commissions. He will appear in court on April 16. Both Sithambar...

The owner of a prominent North York towing company is among those charged in an investigation that saw the arrest of three OPP officers.

Robyn Travis boot, full of copies of his books, when police conducted the search - Credit: Robyn Travis A successful Hackney author is speaking out against stop and search after he was left in limbo awaiting trial for eight months on charges that were eventually dropped.  Robyn Travis believes on April 15 last year, when police did a U-turn to pull him over, it was motivated by racial profiling. He had just overtaken another vehicle on the road - "when it was safe to do so," he says, alt...

Three members of the Codiac RCMP have been charged with obstruction of justice. The Mounties say the charges were laid against Corporal Mathieu Potvin, Constable Eric Pichette and Constable Graham Bourque in Moncton Provincial Court on December 28. The charges stem from an investigation into their alleged actions during a police operation in 2019. All three are scheduled to appear in court on March 15. The officers were suspended with pay as of December 15 pending the outcome of the legal proce...

Updated: 10:56 AM EST Dec 31, 2020 WLKY Digital Team Two Louisville Metro police officers involved in the Breonna Taylor case will meet with interim police Chief Yvette Gentry Monday after receiving pre-termination letters earlier this week. Det. Joshua Jaynes and Det. Myles Cosgrove were both notified of LMPDs intent to fire them Tuesday. Jaynes requested the warrant for the search of Taylors apartment that resulted in her death. Cosgrove was one of the three officers w...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Citing "extreme" violations of department standards, Louisvilles interim police chief plans to fire a detective who she claims lied in getting a search warrant for Breonna Taylors apartment.  Also, Chief Yvette Gentry sent a termination letter Tuesday to the officer who fired the fatal shot killing Taylor on March 13.  In a letter, Gentry notified Detective Joshua Jaynes of her intent to fire him for breaching Louisville Metro Police Department policies on truthf...

Two Louisville officers involved in Breonna Taylor investigation reportedly to be fired Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes are reportedly the officers that are to be fired and last updated 2020-12-29 18:26:22-05 According to multiple news outlets, Louisville police detective Joshua Jaynes and officer Myles Cosgrove will reportedly be fired Tuesday after being served pre-termination letters following an investigation into the Breonna Taylor shooting. Jaynes was reportedly served for reportedly ly...

Posted: Dec 23, 2020 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: December 23, 2020 B.C.s Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has issued recommendations to the New Westminster Police Board, following Jovian Radheshwars complaint that he was racially-profiled by two officers last July.(Ben Nelms/CBC) The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has told the New Westminster Police Board to take "further action," following a complaint of alleged racial-profiling by two New Westminster Police Department o...

Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 8:33 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 | Updates FREE PRESS FILES According to a complaint filed with the Winnipeg Youth Soccer Association, provided anonymously to the Free Press, Smith got involved and told the IRCOM coach: “I am a Winnipeg police officer and you should watch out, buddy, you and your girls.” A Winnipeg police officer in the spotlight recently because of aggressive on-duty behaviour caught on video h...

Article content The head of the Ontario Provincial Police’s Grenville County detachment has been charged with fraud in connection with the sale of a hockey stick signed by hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. OPP confirmed that Insp. June Dobson was charged with fraud following an investigation into the alleged theft of Gretzky memorabilia from his father’s home in Brantford earlier this year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Police officer charged i...