April 29 St. Catharines, Ont. OPP […]

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1980-04-29

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April 29 St. Catharines, Ont. OPP officer Paul Head was arrested by Niagara Regional Police detectives and charged with indecent assault on a male, Wayne Smith Riddell. The assault allegedly occurred during a dart game at Riddell's home. There was speculation in the press that the police were trying to bolster a case of "discreditable conduct" against Head in order to oust him from the OPP.

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March 31 Burlington, Ont. After his […]

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St. Catharines

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Wayne Smith Riddell Paul Head

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Niagara Regional Police Service Ontario Provincial Police

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Paul Trollope, "Cops Intent on Getting Head," Body Politic, no. 64 (1980), p. 13.John Schenk, "Homosexual Cop Accused of Indecency," Toronto Sun, 1 May 1980, p. 4 "The Force Not with Him," Gay Niagara News, 1, no. 5 (1980): 1, 3–4

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Wayne Smith Riddell

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