Jim Smyth

{{Short description|Canadian police officer}}

Superintendent (formerly Detective Sergeant) James Martin Gordon "Jim" Smyth {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|MOM|size=}} is a Canadian Ontario Provincial Police officer known for his interrogations of Terri-Lynne McClintic, Michael Thomas Rafferty and Russell Williams.{{Cite news|title=Top OPP interrogator credited with McClintic, Williams confessions {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/top-opp-interrogator-credited-with-mcclintic-williams-confessions-1.1231285|access-date=2021-05-04}}{{Cite web|title=Famed detective Jim Smyth's interrogation techniques derail murder case|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/famed-detectives-interrogation-techniques-derail-murder-case|access-date=2021-05-04|website=nationalpost|language=en-CA}}{{Cite web|last=Peeling|first=Mike|date=2016-02-23|title=Veteran detectives share stories of PTSD|url=https://www.toronto.com/news-story/6329788-veteran-detectives-share-stories-of-ptsd/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=Toronto.com|language=en-CA}}{{Cite news|date=2012-03-30|title=OPP officer tells of how he discovered Tori Stafford's body|language=en|work=The Hamilton Spectator|url=https://www.thespec.com/news/ontario/2012/03/30/opp-officer-tells-of-how-he-discovered-tori-stafford-s-body.html|access-date=2021-05-04|issn=1189-9417}} Smyth also discovered the remains of Tori Stafford.{{Cite news|last=Blatchford|first=Christie|date=2012-03-30|title=Christie Blatchford: A sketch and a hunch led Jim Smyth to find Tori Stafford's body|language=en|work=National Post|url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-a-sketch-and-a-hunch-led-jim-smyth-to-find-tori-staffords-body|access-date=2021-10-30}}

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.