{"id":590121,"date":"2026-04-08T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590121\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:33:13","slug":"windsor-police-officer-charged-in-opp-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590121\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsor Police officer charged in OPP investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Windsor police officer has been charged by provincial police following an investigation spanning more than two years.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release, in August 2023, the Windsor Police Service requested that the OPP investigate allegations of breach of trust involving a Windsor police officer.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation commenced under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, Kenneth Campo, 45, of Essex County was arrested and charged with breach of trust on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Windsor Police, Constable Campo &#8211; a member of the Windsor Police Service since 2007- has been removed from active duty pending further review.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Formal proceedings have been started to suspend him without pay.<\/p>\n<p>Windsor Police Chief Jason Crowley says in a statement that he understands this incident will affect public trust, and he takes that seriously.<\/p>\n<p>OPP say the accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in a Windsor court at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information in relation to this investigation is encouraged to contact the OPP\u00a0at 1-888-310-1122, while anyone wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS) or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ontariocrimestoppers.ca\/\" title=\"https:\/\/ontariocrimestoppers.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Windsor police officer has been charged by provincial police following an investigation spanning more than two years.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-590121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}