Police-impersonating tow truck company leads to charge for Mississauga man, OPP says [Video]

Police have charged a Mississauga man after a tow truck driver allegedly passed as a cop to get business in an Ontario town.

The OPP says the incident happened following a crash in April on Highway 17 in Machin, approximately 45 kilometres west of Dryden.

A tow truck driver who arrived at the scene of the crash was not from a towing company that had been dispatched by officers, police say.

An investigation revealed that the tow company had “impersonated law enforcement” to get sent to the scene instead of the company originally dispatched by police.

The OPP says Sukhwinder Dhesi, 41, of Mississauga, has been charged with personating a peace officer.

The accused is scheduled to make a court appearance in Dryden on Jan. 20.

In June 2020, the province established a towing task force to increase safety and enforcement while improving industry standards in response to “concerns about …