Ottawa Police Service ‘managing the unmanageable,’ says city’s deputy mayor

Ottawa residents and businesses are ‘collateral damage’ as police stall for time while awaiting reinforcements, says former Ottawa city councillor.

Ottawa Police officers pictured Feb. 12, 2022, in downtown Ottawa. Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly says the RCMP, the Ontario Provincial Police, and Ontario's 'Big 12' municipal police forces are co-ordinating the logistics of airlifting hundreds of police officers from across the country.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

February 11, 2022

Some local officials are now defending Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly’s earlier statement that there may not be a police solution to the convoy that has taken over several parts of the city and stretched into a third week of protests. Sloly’s comments, made in a Feb. 2 press conference, were w...

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