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PRESCOTT The public can trust the Ontario Provincial Police to do its job when its officers are accused of wrongdoing, the OPP’s regional commander said Tuesday.

Chief Supt. Daniel Redmond, the OPP’s East Region commander, said Leeds County OPP officers were among the people who provided information leading to the recent arrest of three of their colleagues on a series of criminal charges.

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“As a leader in the OPP, I’m proud to say that the vast majority of our members are doing exemplary work and deserve the community’s trust,” Redmond told reporters at a news conference at the force’s Prescott detachment. “Any violation of this trust brings discredit to the reputation of the entire OPP.”

The rare, top-brass press conference was an attempt to restore trust in the OPP in the wake of the arrest last Thursday of two Leeds County OPP officers.

Consts. David Vogelzang, a 16-year member of the OPP, and Jason Redmond, a 10-year member, were arrested as part of Project Arrowtown, an initiative launched in May 2014 that also resulted in the arrest in late October of another Leeds officer, Const. George Duke, a 20-year member of the OPP.