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2020-2022 EDI Action Plan: Moving from Reports and Recommendations to Greater Action Together
Posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 05:00 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 10:05am
(Ottawa) — At the Ottawa Police Services Board meeting yesterday, the Ottawa Police Service provided an update on the 2020-2022 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan.
The report and presentation to the Board provided an update on 2020 progress and outlined 2021 priority action items that align with the Board’s strategic direction and the approved 2021 Change Budget.
2020 was a foundational first year of the EDI Action Plan,...
December 2020 recruit class most diverse in OPS history
Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2021 07:30 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 18, 2021 12:30pm
(Ottawa) — In 2020, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) announced priorities for the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan and one of these was a commitment to update our Outreach Recruitment processes to remove barriers and increase applications.
“The new processes and approach resulted in the quantity (400%), quality and diversity of the applicant pool,” said Human Resources Directorate Supt. Mark Patterson. “This means that...
Chief Thomas G. Flanagan a true visionary about the role for women from racialized and Indigenous communities in policing
Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2021 06:30 AM
Thomas G. Flanagan, who served with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) from 1951 to 1993, five of which were as Chief of Police, recognized the need to attract women from racialized or Indigenous communities to choose a career in policing.
His grandson, Avery Flanagan, a Sergeant with OPS, calls his grandfather his hero and he remembers being told, as a teenager, about the changes his grandfather said were needed.
“I’m third generation police officer in my family,” says Avery, whose three uncles...
Suspect to identify in a sexual assault in the city’s south end
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:00 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 11, 2021 3:07pm
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse (SACA) Unit is asking for the public’s assistance to identify a man responsible for a sexual assault that occurred in the city’s south end.
Between 9:30pm on December 12th and 1:00am on December 13th, a man approached a woman and sexually assaulted her at the Billings Bridge OC Transpo station. He then left the area on foot.
The suspect is described as a black man, between...
Shooting investigations: seeking witnesses
Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 11:30 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 10, 2021 4:42pm
(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Guns and Gangs Unit is investigating two separate shootings that occurred on February 9th, 2021.
At approximately 12:15am, Frontline patrol officers responded to a call about gunshots heard in the area of Macy Boulevard. Responding officers did not locate property damage, nor was anyone with injuries located in that area.
At approximately 4:40pm, a 22 year old man showed up at a local hospital with gunshot...
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