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Thomas G. Flanagan Scholarship Recipient Jijo

The former Ottawa Police Services Board established the Thomas G. Flanagan Scholarship as a means to assist racialized and Indigenous women who have expressed an interest in a policing career. The scholarship funds are derived from an endowment that was arranged upon the retirement in 1993 of the late Ottawa Chief of Police Thomas G. Flanagan in recognition of his accomplished policing career. Since 1993, this award has been presented annually to women to continue their post-secondary education...

Community-Police Award Recipient André

We recently held our annual Community-Police Awards ceremony and want to introduce you to the recipients this week.

On Christmas Day 2018, a suspect entered a store carrying a knife and demanded cash. After a store employee handed over money, the suspect fled down the road. André Bourgon saw the robbery unfold, followed the suspect and confronted him.

André conducted a citizen’s arrest and held the suspect until police arrived on scene. He put his own safety at risk by following and conducting a...

Community-Police Award Recipient Jamie

We recently held our annual Community-Police Awards ceremony and want to introduce you to the recipients this week.

In October 2018, Jamie Mailman was parked in front of a bank waiting for his fiancée to finish work next door. While waiting, he noticed a vehicle parked close to him with two men inside who seemed to be looking at the bank that was closed. As another man appeared and began walking into the bank to use the ATM, one of the men in the waiting vehicle caught up to him and began...

Community-Police Award Recipient Justin

We recently held our annual Community-Police Awards ceremony and want to introduce you to the recipients this week. 

In January 2019, Justin Villeneuve was just 12 years old when he was walking through a park and noticed a man lying in the snow who appeared to have collapsed. Amazingly, Justin began CPR but was unable to immediately revive the man. He ran home to alert his mother of the situation who called 9-1-1. Justin led his mother and the paramedics back to the location where the man was...

Community-Police Award Recipient Sheila

We recently held our annual Community-Police Awards ceremony and want to introduce you to the recipients this week.

In February 2018, an officer attended Sheila Joly’s workplace to inform the employees of a missing person who was known to frequent their business. The man was elderly and suffered from dementia.

The same day, Sheila was on her way home from work when she spotted the missing man walking. She took it upon herself to drive him home safely.

This incident highlights the important role...