Overview
- Toronto police arrested Const. Abbas Popal, 25, after a Professional Standards investigation and charged him with unauthorized use of a computer.
- Investigators allege he accessed confidential law enforcement databases multiple times between January 2024 and April 2025.
- Popal, who has about three years of service and was assigned to 55 Division, has been suspended with pay under the Community Safety and Policing Act.
- Toronto police state the allegations are not connected to Peel Regional Police’s Project South, which previously led to charges against several Toronto officers.
- He is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on June 4, 2026, as the criminal case and internal reviews proceed.