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Sgt. Desjourdy to begin police hearing over cellblock incident
OTTAWA — An Ottawa police officer whose treatment of a female prisoner in the cellblocks prompted both widespread public scrutiny and a sexual assault charge by the civilian body that oversees police...
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Police services board OKs more tasers for Ottawa police
OTTAWA — The Ottawa Police Services Board has given the green light to the police service’s proposal to increase both the number of officers approved to carry Tasers and the number of conducted energy...
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Paradise lost? Gatineau man sues Ottawa police for false arrest
OTTAWA — It was anything but paradise for a Gatineau man who was arrested and detained under the wrongful suspicion that he had stolen an $18 pair of headphones from Sears. Jonathan Paradis, 35, was...
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Officer pleads guilty for behaviour that led to ‘serious breach’ of man’s...
OTTAWA — An Ottawa police officer who is being sued for $120,000 for failing to properly identify the man she charged with stealing a pair of $18 headphones pleaded guilty at her police disciplinary...
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Lawsuit settled in cellblock strip-search case
OTTAWA — Ottawa police have settled a lawsuit launched by the woman at the heart of an infamous cellblock strip-search, her lawyer has confirmed to the Citizen. The lawsuit, which originally asked for...
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Taser training
Re: Police board chair backs more Tasers, April 25. I applaud the Ottawa Police Services Board for supporting the request by local police to increase the use of Tasers and expand its policy on who can...
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OPP union wants anyone but Hudak in office
The union representing Ontario Provincial Police said it had “no choice” but to release attack ads against Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak and his proposed policies but buckled under...
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Ottawa not eager to provide policing cost estimates to neighbours
The chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board says the Ottawa force hasn’t been asked to deliver a costing estimate to police Lanark County and if it were, in the climate of a hiring freeze and limited...
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Report finds Ottawa police third-most understaffed in country
Despite projecting the need to hire more officers for the rank-and-file in 2015, Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau said Monday the service will now take a “hard look” at whether it needs to grow,...
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Ottawa police scrap plan to hire 23 new officers to save money
Police Chief Charles Bordeleau confirmed Monday night that the Ottawa Police Service will scrap a plan to hire 23 new members next year to save money. The move was immediately denounced by the union...
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Gang members need post-jail exit strategy, police board chair says (with video)
The head of the Ottawa Police Services Board says that there is a gap in support services that would help adult male gang members caught up in criminal activity. In an editorial board meeting at the...
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Crime Prevention Ottawa says more money needed to fund exit strategies for...
The head of Crime Prevention Ottawa says more money is necessary to provide much-needed exit strategies for adult gang members — the one fledgling stream of the city’s gang strategy. Nancy Worsfold...
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Police chief wants more officers — in 2016
After tabling yet another police budget that will see no new officers added to the force, the chief of the Ottawa Police Service said Wednesday the city has reached a point where additional officers...
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City Hall Blog: Public appointments to city committees
This may not be an exhaustive list, but here are the public appointments to city committees, boards, conservation authorities, etc. that have been approved by council so far. Ottawa Public Library...
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Ottawa police to ask board to OK $200,000 for Taser purchase
Ottawa police will ask the police services board on Monday to approve a nearly $200,000 purchase of 100 Tasers. The motion comes after the board, as allowed by the province, approved expanding Taser...
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Police board approves purchase to nearly double Taser arsenal
The Ottawa Police Services Board has approved a request by the police force to purchase 100 Tasers to deploy to front line officers at a cost of nearly $200,000. The approval Monday was the final...
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Q&A: Suzanne Valiquet, new member of police services board
A new member of the Ottawa Police Services Board was sworn in at the board’s monthly meeting Monday. Suzanne Valiquet is bilingual and currently president of a communications consulting firm. The...
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Watson, Poilievre cast $10M for Ottawa policing in different lights
Mayor Jim Watson and Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre jointly hailed $10 million in federal funding for policing in the nation’s capital — but offered different takes Wednesday on just what the...
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Police sued for ‘gratuitous bullying’ during Greely child porn raid that's...
Bonnie Seguin was still in her bathrobe when she opened the front door for police. They weren’t there to say good morning, and the tactical officer leading the charge yelled for her to get on the...
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Ministry charges city, police board for training exercise blast
The Ontario Ministry of Labour laid charges against the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Services Board in relation to the explosion at an emergency responders training exercise that sent three...
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