Jim Smyth
Canadian police officer
About Jim Smyth
James Martin Gordon "Jim" Smyth is a retired Canadian police officer with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), known for his interrogations of Terri-Lynne McClintic, Michael Thomas Rafferty and Russell Williams. Smyth also discovered the remains of Tori Stafford.
Smyth started his career with the York Regional Police in 1989. In June 1997, he began working with the Ontario Provincial Police. In 2000 or 2007, he shifted into the police force's behaviour sciences section.
2012 Canadian Version
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