Ontario policing inspector announces provincewide look at how police, boards can protect against corruption
Posted on: Feb 05, 2026 20:03 IST | Posted by: Cbc
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The province’s inspector general of policing will conduct a provincewide independent review of police after seven Toronto Police Service officers and one former officer were arrested and are facing corruption charges.
Ryan Teschner said incidents of corruption “understandably shake public trust” and a thorough independent investigation is needed to answer the public’s questions.
"Although this issue originated with the Toronto Police Service, we have since learned that other organizations may be impacted," Teschner said.
Every police service in the province and their boards, including the Ontario Provincial Police, will be reviewed by an external investigator, he said.
The officers were arrested after a months-long investigation by York Region police and officials have voiced concerns about the scandal undermining public trust in police. Since then, Peel police has suspended three of its own officers in connection with the case, although no charges have been filed.
News of the charges broke last Wednesday and more details were given by York Regional Police (YRP) at a news conference Thursday.
The officers are accused of having been involved in serious criminal activity including conspiracy to commit murder, shootings, extortion, robbery and drug trafficking, York police Deputy Chief Ryan Hogan said Thursday.
Hogan said the investigation started last summer after police uncovered a conspiracy to kill a corrections officer at an Ontario detention centre.
The list of charges includes bribery, obstruction of justice, drug trafficking, theft of personal property, breach of trust and the unauthorized access and distribution of confidential information. Nineteen civilians have also been charged.
In a letter last week, Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw asked the inspector general to conduct an independent review of the service and said the service will leave “no stone unturned.”
Demkiw’s letter asked for five specific areas of the force to be reviewed, including:
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