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Ottawa Police 2016 Annual Report, now available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, June 21, 2017      3:17pm

(Ottawa)—The Ottawa Police Service’s (OPS) 2016 Annual Report was released today as part of the June 26th meeting of the Ottawa Police Services Board agenda. “This report highlights the work the members of the OPS do every day to keep our community safe,” said Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau. “Policing continues to change as we adapt to many issues facing our society. Social disorder issues continue to change. Mental health...

A look at the growth of roads in Ontario

By Carol Macpherson, June 2017

Ontario's first transportation systems weren't anything like the highways we see today. Indigenous people travelled using the vast waterways; canoeing them in summer and walking across the ice in winter. This system was so practical that people like explorers and military men who came to this land followed suit.

By the early 1800s, roadways were needed to open new areas for settlement, provide the military the means to move from place to place and to cultivate...

Celebrating Canada's 150th birthday with a look at policing 'then and now' in Ottawa

By Lysia Filotas, May 2017 (with records from 'The History of the Ottawa Police' by Gilles Larochelle)

It's hard to believe, but the city of Ottawa in its many forms, has been around for longer than Canada has been a country. Our community was actually established in 1855, a full dozen years before confederation. 

In celebration of our country's birthday, we will be taking a 'then and now' look at various aspects of policing, starting with a brief history.

One hundred and fifty years ago, the Ottawa...

Shooting on Chesterton Drive results in minor injuries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, December 12, 2016      3:30pm

(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Central Criminal Investigations Unit is investigating a shooting in the 0-100 block of Chesterton Drive.

On December 12, 2016, at approximately 2:30am, the Ottawa Police received several calls about shots fired in the Chesterton Drive area. Patrol officers responded to the area and found evidence that shots had been fired through a door.

A bullet grazed one occupant of the unit, who received minor...

3rd anniversary of fatal hit and run of Michael Morlang--police seeking tips

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 11, 2016   8:00am

(Ottawa) – August 11th marks the third anniversary of the fatal hit and run of Michael Morlang on Frank Kenny Road, in Ottawa.

The Ottawa Police Service is still looking for information that could lead to the arrest and prosecution of the person(s) responsible, per the April 1st $25,000 Reward.

A handful of tips have been received by Ottawa Police since the reward was announced early April; however Collision Unit investigators are still...