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Three suspects to identify in Home Invasion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, September 11, 2019   9:48am 

(Ottawa) – On Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 4:41am, Frontline officers responded to a reported shooting in the 3400 block of Woodroffe Avenue. Upon arrival at the residence, officers located a male victim with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The initial investigation revealed that three disguised suspects had broken into the victim’s home before the shooting took place. The suspects fled on foot and were not apprehended. 

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Five suspects to identify in Attempted Robbery in the ByWard Market

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Thursday, September 5, 2019    4:15pm

(Ottawa)—The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying five male suspects involved in an attempted robbery on Tuesday, August 20, at 7:26pm, in the area of George Street and Sussex Drive.

A male suspect approached a male in his 50s who was walking his bike, and told him that it was his bike.  The victim, afraid he was about to be robbed, took out his cell phone and attempted to take a picture...

Officer who saves two lives in a week says 'he was just doing his job’

August 16, 2019

Two Ottawa residents are alive because of an east division front line officer, but he claims it’s all in a day, or in his case, night’s work.

On August 4, he was called to the highway 174 overpass near Champlain Street a little after midnight when a sharp-eyed OC Transpo bus driver spotted a distraught woman climb over the guard rail and move towards the live lanes below.

The officer, who has 21 years of military experience and three years of policing said, “I could tell from her...

Officer saves woman from drowning in Vanier

August 2019

By Carol Macpherson

Constable Laura Monette has been an Ottawa Police Service (OPS) officer for less than a year, but she has quickly learned you never know what you will encounter during a shift.

She was on patrol in the Vanier area on July 29 when she was called to an apartment complex for a possible drowning.

“When there’s a 911 call, all emergency services respond and I happened to arrive first,” said Cst. Monette.

A woman was at the bottom of an indoor swimming pool, about ten feet...

OPS Pipe and Drum band entertains audiences around the world for 50 years

By Carol Macpherson

This year, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) Pipe and Drum band celebrates 50 years of entertaining, competition and community service.

Founded in 1969 by Constable David Grant who joined the Ottawa Police Service in the 1950’s, David was a long-time lead drummer for the Cameron Highlanders when he saw the connection between police community relations and music. Proud of his Scottish heritage, he sought to form a pipe and drum band that[RG1]  would bring the two together.

“There...