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Officer locates missing elderly man in blizzard

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

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

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...

Male suspect to identify following bank robbery on Woodroffe Avenue

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, December 16, 2019     2:07pm 

(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Robbery Unit is investigating a robbery that occurred on Monday, December 9, 2019 at approx. 10:10am. 

One male armed with a handgun entered a bank in the 3000 block of Woodroffe Avenue, jumped the counter and robbed the bank.  The male then took off in a white Hyundai Elantra plated Manitoba that was driven by another black male.  

The robbery suspect is described as a dark skinned male, in his early 20s, 5’9 to...