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Councillor David Hill Wants Action on Vehicle Theft and Fakirani Voted Head of OPSB
During a longer-than-usual Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) meeting yesterday, the board, once again, was tasked with selecting a new chair. Since 2022, the body that governs the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) has had no fewer than three appointed chairs, including former Councillor Diane Deans, former chair Councillor Eli El-Chantiry,
Democracy Watch calls for Ottawa Police to investigate Trudeau and cabinet officials
Democracy Watch says the RCMP lacks independence from cabinet and impartiality and competence to investigate obstruction of SNC-Lavalin prosecution. Democracy Watch says that recently disclosed documents about RCMP Commissioner’s relationship with the PM and its investigation into Trudeau’s Aga Khan trip gift raise fundamental questions about the RCMP’s impartiality and competence
The existential crisis in the Conservative Party
ABOVE: (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT) Conservative leadership candidates Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, Patrick Brown, Pierre Poilievre, Leslyn Lewis, and Jean Charest. There is an adage that perfectly fits the Conservative Party of Canada today, “‘Do You Want to Be Right . . . or do you want to win.” The answer to that question
Let’s not rinse and repeat: The city needs new leadership.
It’s been almost a month since the occupation started, but it’s only been a few days since the police finally moved in. While I understand that Ottawa has a lack of officers, and they didn’t want the situation to escalate, to me, it’s a cop-out. No pun intended. As a
Struggling to make sense of how our city lost control
When typing this article, the occupation of truck drivers is still happening. Despite Ottawa and Ontario being under a state of emergency, nothing has changed. Outside of issuing tickets and a few arrests, The Ottawa Police continue to do nothing besides watching others take over our city. Our mayor continues
Chaos in the capital could have been avoided say experts
Provincial inquiry should be called into Ottawa Police Service and Chief Peter Sloly’s mishandling of the trucker convoy. The national media are now asking OPS Chief Peter Sloly if he will resign over chaos that has besieged the capital for the past 12 days. There appears to be a classic
Who are the Ottawa Police serving and protecting?
Last week, we heard that the Ottawa Police wouldn’t implement a vaccine policy for their officers. Their reason for this was due to a fear of losing frontline staff. Soon after the announcement, there was public outrage, including from the mayor. On Friday afternoon, Chief Peter Sloly announced a reversal
Rapes and lies—the cancerous misconduct at the Ottawa Police Service
The Ottawa Police Service Board members are accessories to the rape culture at the OPS. Ottawa Life Magazine has been writing about the serious problems in policing in Ottawa and across Canada with police misconduct, police recruiting, police training and police oversight for over a decade. Over the past several
The Ottawa Sun’s preposterous ‘editorial on police’ is proof that stupid exists
The September 27, 2020 editorial by the Ottawa Sun titled ‘Let police keep their pay when under suspension’ defies logic. Three-quarters of their editorial focuses on the fact that we have rampant and widespread police misconduct in the Ottawa Police Service. As they say ten police officers have been suspended this year.
Carleton “Professors” cancel culture solution for Police is farcical
Anyone following articles about the serious and systemic problems with police misconduct due to lax police oversight in Canada recognize that we need to rethink the role of police in society. Whether it means carrying out substantive reforms around police recruitment and training or making significant amendments to the law
It’s time for brain over brawn in policing
As a result of some very disturbing incidents involving the use of force by the RCMP Bill Blair, the Minister of Public Safety, has been tasked with examining the standards and protocols involving police and the use of force. Part of the dilemma is that police officers are inadequately trained when
Links to The Star stories about police misconduct
Researchers tracked nearly 150 charges against Ontario police officers since 2005. Most ended in acquittal or withdrawn charges https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/03/16/researchers-tracked-nearly-150-charges-against-ontario-police-officers-since-2005-most-ended-in-acquittal-or-withdrawn-charges.html Team of Toronto cops conspired to lie in court under oath, judge finds https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/05/06/team-of-toronto-cops-conspired-to-lie-in-court-under-oath-judge-finds.html 'Tragic, preposterous': Family of Soleiman Faqiri reacts as OPP says it won't charge jail guards in mentally ill
Halifax Police Chief Dan Kinsella is proof a fish rots from the head down
On November 29, 2019, just two months ago, Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella (pictured above) appeared at a resplendent podium emblazoned with the Halifax Police Coat of arms. He was dressed in police formal attire with a bunch of self-aggrandizing medals to give what spinmeisters described as an historic apology
Ottawa Police Are Their Own Worst Enemy
Photo credit: Perth Photography via flickr In early May, the Ottawa Police were called to Tillbury Park on Sherbourne Road to break up a fight between students from Notre Dame High School and nearby Nepean High School. The fight, which involved more than 40 youth, was captured on video and
Public perceptions surrounding Abdirahman Abdi’s fatal encounter with Ottawa Police
Constable Daniel Montsion’s judge-only trial for the death of Abdirahman Abdi resumes today after being postponed just three days in due to a “doctored” surveillance video. The Ottawa police officer was charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon following a fatal altercation with 37-year-old Abdirahman Abdi outside
Ottawa Doesn’t Need Another Police Chief, it Needs a Leader
By: Elie Labaky If we look back at history, it didn’t take much to become a police officer. You had to be at least 6 feet tall, built like a fridge, and able to afford your own uniform. Much has improved since then. However, we rarely look at the requirements for
It’s Gotten So Bad – The Police Are Now Shooting Each Other
By: Darryl Davies The recent incident in which a Niagara Regional Police officer was shot multiple times by a fellow officer raises some very disturbing questions about people who are working as police officers in the Niagara Region and across Ontario. First and foremost, why is the injured officer (identified
Are Tasers Giving Police More Power?
Giving a Taser to every Canadian police officer is going to drastically change the police force. The Ottawa Police Services Board has voted in favour of a plan to put Tasers into the hands of 800 officers by 2020. The plan comprises of three phases. The first phase calls for
Why haven’t the OPS constables who assaulted Roxanne Carr been charged?
There are a lot of good police in this country. That is a fact. But there are also a lot of bad ones and the growing phenomena of the preponderance of police brutality and frankly, stupidity in Canada are reaching critical proportions. In Ontario, we have a weak kneed, wishy-washy
Flume Blooms in the Shadows of Migos & Lil Yatchy
Ottawa Life’s Festival City Series is back! We'll provide a unique look at some of your favourite events. We’ll go beyond the music with artist interviews, volunteer profiles, concert reviews and spotlights on the tastes, sights and sounds of the festival season. Your city! Your festivals and events! Like a good sunscreen,
Cancer Among Us
The Ottawa Police Service (OPS), Ottawa Police Association (OPA) and the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) are cancers that must be treated before the affliction causes irreparable and even terminal damage to the democratic principles and the quality of life in Ottawa. Make no mistake about it, this twisted trio
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG Ep. 5: “Show Some Respect-Cut The Bracelets”
Dan Donovan, Publisher and Managing Editor of Ottawa Life Magazine, speaks on the Ottawa Police Force bracelet controversy.
Silence not the answer to Ottawa’s police controversies
By Michael Spratt Short years before his assassination Robert Kennedy, who at the time was United States attorney general, observed, “Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.” At the time Kennedy
To Serve and Connect
Story and photos by Noah Richardson / Feature image: Const. Dawn Neilly-Sylvestre, a community police officer with the Ottawa Police Service stands in her office at the Wellington Community Police Centre in Hintonburg. When Wayne Rodney was a kid growing up in the Ottawa community of Hintonburg there was still a
Justice For Abdirahman Coalition Expresses Outrage Concerning Police Solidarity For Officer Charged With Manslaughter
For Immediate Release by Justice for Abdirahman Coalition The Justice for Abdirahman Coalition (Coalition) is expressing outrage and disappointment concerning the solidarity campaign by members of the Ottawa police service to wear wristbands in support of the officer charged with manslaughter. On March 6, 2017, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) concluded
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