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Remembering Constable Eric Czapnik, 10 years later
Posted on Friday, December 27, 2019 08:00 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, December 27, 2019 1:10pm
(Ottawa) – This holiday season, we remember the tenth anniversary of fallen officer, Constable Ireneusz ‘Eric’ Czapnik (May 26, 1958 – December 29, 2009).
Constable Czapnik was on duty in the early morning hours of December 29, 2009, investigating an assault. After bringing the victim to the Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital, Constable Czapnik remained outside of the Emergency entrance in order to file his report on the in-car...
Ten 911 calls that shouldn’t have been made
Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 04:00 AM
The New Year is a great time for making changes and the Ottawa Police Service would like to remind people to Make the Right Call, especially when using 9-1-1.
Here are examples of some calls our Communications Staff have received, that shouldn’t have come through 9-1-1.
- Checking to see if 911 works from the caller’s new cell phone
- To get the non-emergency phone number for the police service
- Complaining about Amber Alerts
- To report a minor collision
- To confirm Ottawa just experienced an earthquake
- To...
Officer locates missing elderly man in blizzard
Posted on Monday, December 23, 2019 07:00 AM
In the middle of a winter storm that had blanketed the city recently, we received a call at 9 p.m. about an elderly person with dementia who had been discovered missing from his retirement home. The weather was uncooperative, with falling snow quickly erasing any trace of where the man may have gone.
Constable Adam Morin responded to the call and began the task of collecting all of the relevant information, interviewing staff at the senior’s facility, and responding to calls from anxious family...
Suspects to identify in relation to theft of jewellery
Posted on Thursday, December 19, 2019 06:15 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, December 19, 2019 11:35am
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police West Criminal Investigations Unit is seeking the public’s help to identify two male suspects in relation to theft of jewellery in the Bayshore area.
On December 2, 2019at approximately 1400 hrs, a lone male suspect attended a jeweller’s at the Bayshore mall and spoke with an employee regarding engagement rings. The suspect attempted to grab two engagement rings out of the employee’s hand however was...
Early CPR and intervention saves woman's life
Posted on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 07:15 AM
Early yesterday morning, 911 Police Communicators received a call that a woman had collapsed and was unresponsive at a local Tim Horton's restaurant.
Cst. Micael Fournier arrived on scene within minutes to assess the woman's condition and her colleagues were already performing chest compressions. Cst. Fournier attached the defibrillator, administered a shock and continued CPR.
Afterward, a second shock was administered just before Paramedic and Fire Services arrived and a third shock was...