Ottawa Police Services Board Approves 4.4 Percent Budget Increase

 The budgetary process of the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) is distinct from that of other municipal government departments such as Paramedics, Fire, and Bylaw, as it independently approves its draft budget, with minimal representation from elected officials in the budget discussions. Irrespective of the process, the budget for the

Ottawa Police’s CORE Strategy for ByWard-Rideau Area Receives Delegate Support

 The May 2024 meeting of the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) focused primarily on reviewing the progress of implementing the new Community Outreach Response and Engagement (CORE) policing strategy in the ByWard and Lowertown areas. Unlike last month’s meeting, which saw the participation of three delegates, this month’s session drew

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,

Chief Stubbs Pushes Change Despite Police Service Board Woes 

 As the calendar year comes to a close, the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) met for the final time in 2023. The acting chair, provincially appointed representative Salim Fakirani, led the meeting, stepping in for recently departed Dr. Gail Beck, a Royal Ottawa Mental Health physician who was part of

Former RCMP officer calls for detailed internal autopsy of OPS

 by Calvin Lawrence, Retired RCMP officer (Photo: Jean-Marc Carisse) Many Canadians believed the January 6, 2021, turmoil they saw in the U.S. could not happen here. But now, after the trucker's protest over vaccines and Covid restrictions, we know that it can. In democratic societies, including Canada, there is an orderly process in government. Imagine

To restore confidence Solicitor General must amend police services act

 ABOVE: Ontario Solicitor General Syliva Jones and Zoom image of February 2022 Ottawa Police Service Board meeting. Anyone who witnessed the February 2022 total collapse of the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) must have reached the ineluctable conclusion that the time has come to disband police services boards in the province of Ontario.

Solicitor General was warned but ignored police disfunction in Ottawa

 ABOVE: The Hon. Sylvia Jones (Dufferin—Caledon), Solicitor General of Ontario. (PHOTO: The Peterborough Examiner) Op-Ed: Like many Canadians, I was very shocked at how easy it was for the convoy of truckers to roll into the nation’s capital and occupy the core of the city. Whether one agrees or disagrees with what

NO Chief Sloly, you don’t control the media in Ottawa

 The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) currently has 18 officers who have been SUSPENDED with FULL PAY and BENEFITS despite facing allegations of serious misconduct and/or criminal charges. The charges relate to serious crimes including allegations of rape, sexual misconduct, fraud, theft, and drug charges. Many citizens in Ottawa are victims of

The rapists and their protectors in both the RCMP and Ottawa Police Service

 No one is charged weeks after Supreme Court justice tells MPs the RCMP raped 130 of their own Two weeks after a scathing report on sexual harassment in the RCMP by former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Michel Bastarache was released which revealed that at least 130 women in the

Ottawa Police Service — Sheep in sheep’s clothing

 The Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) has received multiple complaints about harassment and misogyny against female officers and employees on the force for over a decade. On July 8, 2020 Ottawa police officer Carl Keenan was found guilty in a Gatineau court of assault causing bodily harm in relation to

‘Defund the Police’ is a call for REFORM

 Photo: Pedro Domingos Prior to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic Ottawa Police Services (OPS) Chief Peter Sloly announced plans to hire thirty-one new police officers. He received quick approval for the request from the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB), despite the OPS currently having over a dozen officers on fully paid

Oversight and temperament problems at Ottawa Police Service

 Above: Ottawa Police Chief, Peter Sloly I am not sure which is more troubling, the ongoing failure of the Ottawa Police Services Board (OPSB) to properly adjudicate their responsibilities over the Ottawa Police Services (OPS) or the continuing systemic and structural problems at the force. These include flawed leadership, racism,

OPSB Chair Eli El-Chantiry Seeks “Correction” on Abdiraman Story – Ottawa Life Magazine Refuses

 The Chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board sent a formal request today to Ottawa Life Magazine Publisher and Managing Editor Dan Donovan and Carleton University Criminology Professor Darryl Davies seeking a correction a story yesterday related to the violent killing of Abdirahman Abdi by Constable Daniel Montsion:  Good afternoon