OPP Commissioner orders review of failed probe into officer’s jail assault [Video]

The actions of OPP officers including a deputy commissioner are now under the microscope after a CTV News investigation looked into how a constable who attacked a prisoner in a jail cell never faced misconduct charges even though she was later convicted of a crime.

The OPP dismissed any sanctions against Const. Bailey Nicholls after investigating for about a month and a half in the spring of 2020, and didn’t appear to discover a surveillance video of Nicholls grabbing the intoxicated woman and pushing her into cell bars.

OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique has now called for an independent investigation, said spokesperson A/S/Sgt Rob Simpson.

“To ensure transparency, Commissioner Carrique has requested that the Niagara Regional Police Service conduct a review of the OPP’s organizational response to the matter involving Provincial Constable Bailey Nicholls,” Simpson said.

The review comes after a series of CTV News stories outlined how the police watchdog …