Full patch member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club allowed to keep alcohol delivery licence in Ontario

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Police responded to the scene and separated the club members to “figure things out,” in this case two Red Devils and Bridge, who was then a probationary member of the OMC, accompanied by a friend.

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OPP Det. Laura Empey, a biker expert, testified “that the situation was ‘not good’ because Picton is an area controlled by Hells Angels. She testified that the Red Devils are a support club of the Hells Angels.”

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Bridge, who was wearing his OMC colours, and his friend “were initially obstructing police and refusing to identify themselves while video recording the officers,” said the decision.

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Bridge told the tribunal he didn’t identify himself to police because the law does not require him to do so.”

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Empey “described the incident as a provocation because the OMC members were in an area known to be controlled by the Hells Angels and Red Devils,” said the decision.

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Bridge testified that “he was just having lunch with a friend when two Red Devils approached and started yelling at him. He stated that the situation had calmed down by the time the police arrived. He submits that no charges were laid, there was no altercation and he was simply standing up for his rights.”

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On Sept. 4, 2024, police were called to the Trenton Downtown Business Improvement Agency after its executive director, who had previously complained about Big Deal Delivery overcharging her son for a food order, dialled 911 when Bridge showed up in her office.

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Bridge testified that he was there “to clear up the misunderstanding and ‘things did not go well.’”

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Bridge returned to the same office later that day “and proceeded to video-record elements of the interior,” said the decision, noting that prompted the executive director to dial 911 again.

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When police arrived, Bridge told them “that he was uploading video to YouTube, he would not identify himself and that he would not answer any questions of police.”

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Police had to use Bridge’s licence plate to identify him.

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Bridge “said he posed no threat” to the executive director, who “refused to speak with him and told him to leave.”

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Then on Feb. 27, 2026, police pulled Bridge over in Quinte West after he turned onto a side street to avoid a police checkpoint looking for impaired drivers.

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When a cop asked Bridge why he avoided the checkpoint, “he said he did not feel like stopping to talk to them,” said the decision, which notes his breath sample showed he had not been drinking and no charges were laid.

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Stanton found Bridge’s three police encounters demonstrated he was “following the OMC’s unwritten rule requiring that he avoid talking to law enforcement officers,” said the decision.

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“Each of the encounters were resolved peacefully and seemingly without violence or risk to public safety. Accordingly, I find there is insufficient compelling and credible information to find that the appellant’s conduct in these three interactions reaches the level of reasonable grounds for belief that he will not carry on business in accordance with the law and with integrity and honesty.”

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