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Update on Ottawa Demonstrations
Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2022 05:45 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, July 23, 2022 9:45 pm
(Ottawa)— The Ottawa Police Service and its City and policing partners took multiple measures with protests and convoys in the Ottawa area today.
To effectively allocate resources across the city, officers were deployed into the downtown core and surrounding areas to:
- Minimize disruption to residents, businesses and visitors
- Monitor convoy movements
- Temporarily close Hwy 417 off-ramps to deter vehicle-based demonstrators from entering the...
Warning: ‘Grandparent’ scam fraudsters are very active and targeting seniors
Posted on Friday, July 22, 2022 07:15 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, July 22, 2022 11:25 am
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service is advising residents that the ‘grandparent’ scam is very active this summer, with 20 reports received in the past 7 days alone. Victims have been defrauded of large amounts of cash, ranging from $10,000 to 30,000.
Most typically it is an elderly person who receives a phone call from someone claiming to be his or her grandchild. The caller says that they have been arrested and they urgently need you to...
Police warning residents to beware of Extortion and Cartel type Internet scams
Posted on Friday, July 15, 2022 07:00 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, July 15, 2022 11:00 am
(Ottawa) – The Criminal Investigation Units have seen an increase in reported Extortion and Cartel type Internet scams and are warning everyone to beware.
The Ottawa Police receives hundreds of public complaints about internet fraud each year and would like to remind Ottawa residents to be vigilant when using the Internet and social media platforms.
Persons you are conversing with online may be falsely representing themselves.
Since the...
Man wanted in Rideau Street stabbing incident
Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2022 10:00 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 14, 2022 2:00pm
(Ottawa)— The Ottawa Police Service Central Investigations Unit is investigating a stabbing incident that occurred this morning at approximately 10 am.
A man and woman were having an altercation and a third person, a man who observed this dispute, attempted to separate the two parties.
The suspect involved in the dispute proceeded to stab the man. He was transported to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The...
Investigators looking for the suspect in an aggravated assault on Murray Street
Posted on Thursday, July 14, 2022 08:30 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, July 14, 2022 12:37 pm
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service Central Investigations Unit is seeking to identify the suspect of an aggravated assault that occurred on July 6, 2022.
Between 11:30 pm and 11:45 pm, a male victim was assaulted in the downstairs washroom of a restaurant in the 100 block of Murray Street.
The suspect was described as a middle eastern male, approximately 25 years old, thin build, very short beard, approximately 6 feet (183 cm) tall,...
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