Today is the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured from their work. Originating in Canada in 1984, today over 100 countries pause to remember killed or injured workers. This year there will be no vigils, no candlelight memorials or ceremonies. In Ontario, on average, 5 workers die each working day. The Canadian […]
On behalf of the two thousand women and men who serve Ottawa’s community, we pause for a moment of silence to remember our sister, Constable Heidi Stevenson of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, serving in Nova Scotia. Today’s news has been heartbreaking. Our thoughts are with Constable Stevenson’s family, colleagues, and community. We remain hopeful […]
A vital part of the police family are our dispatchers, the first contact between the public and police service. Our professional communications experts are trained to listen intensely and make a first assessment of the needs of the public. Going from call to call, they serve our community through their insight, experience, their calm and […]
It’s hockey season and a time of the year when members of the Ottawa Police Association are active in the local sports community. Many of our members volunteer to coach minor hockey or are active in the figure skating community. Others can be found on ski hills throughout the region, with their own kids, or […]
The Ottawa Police Association was delighted that Member of Provincial Parliament Goldie Ghamari attended the Ottawa Police Association office Tuesday to announce an important investment in community safety. In identifying $13.83 million being given to the Ottawa Police Service, MPP Ghamari noted that “this support will play a crucial role in strengthening community safety in […]
As police officers, Paul MacKillop, Jenn McLinton, Janet Hass and Chris Tessier were accustomed to building community relationships. This past winter the four Ottawa police officers took neighbourhood assistance a step further, travelling to Bolivia to actually build communities, constructing homes for Habitat for Humanity. Over the years the team has built homes in seven […]
[originally published: Ottawa Citizen March 5, 2018] On June 28, 1988, the municipalities making up the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton replaced 27 different emergency service phone numbers with one: 911. Overcoming petty political turf wars, Ottawa was one of the last major cities in Canada to adopt this sensible system for summoning emergency services. […]
(originally published – Ottawa Citizen, February 6, 2018) Ottawa’s politicians are once again facing pressures as a result of the startling escalation of gun-related violence in January. Civic leaders, including Mayor Jim Watson, Police Services Board Chair Eli El-Chantiry, Chief Charles Bordeleau and others, have made an effort to present a united front against […]
(originally published – Ottawa Sun, Saturday June 10, 2017) Nearly a century ago social-scientists determined that people change their behavior when they realize that they are being observed. Called the “Hawthorne Effect,” this theory helps to explain the changes in how parties interact when a third-person enters the picture – like a family mediator […]
The time has come for the Ottawa Police Services Board to act. When Ottawa lawyer Michael Edelson and his firm reviewed thousands of pages of disclosures from the Ottawa Police Service, concerns about the consistency of the evidence made by senior police officers were raised. Mr. Edelson had been retained to represent an Acting […]
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