Agency that handles complaints confirms ongoing investigations involving three Peel Police officers connected to Project South

Ontario’s Law Enforcement Complaints Agency has confirmed that investigations into the conduct of three suspended Peel Police officers connected to Project South are ongoing.

“LECA can confirm that related misconduct investigations have been initiated,” a spokesperson for the authority said in a written response to The Pointer.

“Our investigation has been postponed pursuant to section 163 of the CSPA due to related criminal proceedings.”

Due to strict confidentiality requirements under Section 145 of the Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA), LECA refused to comment on the specifics of the investigations.

“LECA will reassess appropriate investigative steps as the related criminal proceedings progress and as circumstances permit.” 

The Pointer has sent a request to the Peel Regional Police media relations department, asking if the three officers previously suspended in connection with Project South are under investigation for possible criminality, do they remain off duty and if the force has contacted the Attorney General’s office about any potential impact on criminal cases the officers were involved with.

No response has been provided.

Last summer York Regional Police initiated the corruption probe, dubbed “Project South,” a sprawling investigation that eventually led to the arrest of seven Toronto Police officers and one recently retired member of the force in February, charged in connection to the ongoing corruption and organized crime investigation. Another 19 suspects implicated in the corruption and organized crime probe, which includes an alleged murder plot that targeted a corrections officer, drug trafficking and criminal activities in the towing industry, were also arrested. Some of the Toronto police officers allegedly fed information to an organized criminal network with international ties.

Sources told The Pointer that three Peel Police officers, Sergeant Adrian Shipp, Constable Scott King and Constable Paul Bins, were suspended in connection with the Project South investigation.

The Pointer asked York Regional Police if Shipp, King and Binns are currently being investigated in connection with Project South. 

“As Project South is an active and ongoing investigation, there is no additional information we can provide at this time,” Constable James Dickson with York Regional Police, wrote in a response to The Pointer. 

“We are unable to comment on any non-criminal aspects of the investigation being overseen by Peel Regional Police.”

A non-criminal probe involves the possibility of police misconduct that falls short of any possible criminal activity.

Court documents obtained by The Pointer, shortly after Project South was revealed in a bombshell February press conference, detail some of the alleged criminal activity by three of the charged Toronto Police officers. They describe how in December 2025, Constable Binns was allegedly communicating with Sergeant Robert Black, one of the arrested Toronto police officers, to commit fraud “by arranging for Binns’ vehicle to be stolen so that the insurance company would compensate (him).” The fraud was never carried out.

Conspiracy to commit fraud is a criminal offence, and if any investigation finds evidence that proves an individual was involved in the planning of a crime, even if it was never carried out, that could lead to charges and an eventual conviction.

There are no allegations that Binns went along with the insurance fraud plan, only that he was part of a communication about the plan. It’s possible that he wanted no involvement with that plan. 

Peel Police has not shared any details about the suspended officers and what their possible connection to Project South is.

The other two suspended Peel officers named by The Pointer do not appear in the court documents obtained. It remains unclear why the three officers were suspended in connection to Project South.

Regarding potential police misconduct probes by LECA, the agency released a press release previously explaining how it handles parallel investigations. 

“LECA’s conduct investigation will not interfere with any ongoing criminal investigations or prosecutions, nor does the initiation of a conduct investigation displace the right of members of the public to submit a related complaint,” the press release explained.

During the Project South press conference York Police shared disturbing videos of gangland-style shootings across the GTA, including three in Brampton at houses on quiet residential streets.

Peel Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah has not addressed Project South or any possible involvement by one of his officers since the public was made aware of the shocking corruption probe. He has not said anything about the three suspended Peel officers.

The Globe and Mail reported a week ago that roughly 30 federal prosecutions have been impacted by the criminal charges against the Toronto Police officers, which was confirmed by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC).

The Globe reported that the PPSC had prepared lists of cases that were organized under the names of those officers arrested in the Project South sweep.

At least three shootings at Brampton homes were linked to Project South, York Police's ongoing investigation into police corruption and organized crime.

(York Regional Police)

The Pointer previously reported that the most disturbing information shared in February was the alleged disclosure by a Toronto Police officer who provided the address of a corrections officer subsequently targeted by a criminal ring three times in an alleged murder plot that was unsuccessful. 

One late-night shooting, caught on video, was foiled by police before the suspects were able to close in on the house where they thought their target was. Police vehicles boxed them in and the hair-raising encounter was later shown during the press conference.

Brampton residents have held community meetings to draw attention to the ongoing shootings targeting houses on residential streets across the city. 

On April 21 two more homes were struck by gunfire. Police said nobody was hurt. A business had also been targeted by gunfire less than an hour before. 

- With files from Benjamin Steeves

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