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Timothy Barnhardt
Toronto Police Service constable with 19 years of service. Charged with 17 offences in Project South (February 2026) — the most of any officer in one of the largest police corruption investigations in Canadian history. Denied bail and held in custody pending trial.
Connected Scandals
An 18-month Globe and Mail investigation found ten sources — including former suppliers and street-level dealers — describing Doug Ford as a mid-level hashish dealer in Etobicoke for roughly seven years in the 1980s. Ford denied it and was never charged. His brother Rob Ford's crack cocaine scandal exposed ties to the Dixon City Bloods gang, wiretapped by Toronto Police in Project Traveller. Ford's longtime friend Sandro Lisi — alleged extortionist attempting to recover the crack video — denied ever being known by Doug, despite working on the 2010 mayoral campaign Doug co-managed. As Premier, Ford appointed his personal friend Ron Taverner as OPP Commissioner (reversed after the deputy who raised alarms was fired), and his son-in-law Dave Haynes faces 12 Toronto Police misconduct charges while Ford serves as Premier. In February 2026, seven TPS officers were charged with selling live police intelligence to organized crime — enabling shootings, extortion, and trafficking. Ford's response: "There's always a few bad apples."
Faces 17 charges including conspiracy to commit murder, accepting a bribe, breach of trust, and trafficking police intelligence to organized crime. Investigators allege he released confidential police database information to Brian Da Costa — the central organized crime figure in the case — to facilitate targeted shootings. He faces the most charges of any officer in the Project South investigation.