The OPS needs a culture change, and it won’t come from inside

Calls to defund the police were not to starve them of resources; it was about reducing their power and instilling accountability. We had a chance to do so, and blew it.

There is no way to change the Ottawa Police Service's workplace culture from the inside; it must be done with a swath of criminal charges, firings, restitution to the victims, and outside pressure, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

June 24, 2026

CALGARY—The Ottawa Police lack accountability.

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