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OPS collecting personal hygiene products for women
Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2022 12:05 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Ottawa Police collecting personal hygiene products for women until December 11
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service and our partners Shoppers Drug Mart and Citron Hygiene are once again inviting Ottawa residents to help us collect personal hygiene products for women.
“Hygiene products are a monthly expense that some women in our community can’t afford,” says Cst. Dawn Neilly, organizer of 7th installment of the Purse Project....
Join us at the 7th annual “Human Rights Learning Forum” on December 8th
Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 11:59 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 21, 2022 1:05 p.m.
(Ottawa) — In recognition of Human Rights Day, The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) invites members of the public to attend the seventh annual Human Rights Learning Forum (HRLF) on Thursday, December 8, 2022. This year’s forum has been organized in partnership with the United for All coalition and the Community Equity Council (CEC).
Location: Hellenic...
Project Amethyst: Nine Crime Guns, 2.5 kg of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine seized
Posted on Friday, November 18, 2022 08:50 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 18, 2022 8:50 am
(Ottawa) — On Wednesday, November 16th, the Ottawa Police Service Street Crime and Drug Units concluded an 8-month investigation into a local firearm trafficking and wholesale fentanyl distribution network.
Project Amethyst was supported through funding provided by the Ontario Government, Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario and has resulted in the arrest of four Ottawa men and one woman.
During the investigation,...
Intimate Partner Violence Unit
Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 05:00 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 10:10 am
(Ottawa) In collaboration with recommendations made by Ottawa’s frontline violence against women (VAW) workers and advocates, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) has changed the name of its Partner Assault Unit to the Intimate Partner Violence Unit.
“We understand that women and other vulnerable groups associate VAW-related issues as strictly physical because of the use of words like ‘assault,’” said Interim Chief Steve Bell....
Man charged in hate-motivated incident
Posted on Monday, November 14, 2022 10:30 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 14, 2022 3:45 pm
(Ottawa) —The Ottawa Police Service Hate and Bias Crime Unit charged a man in relation to an assault at a commercial business on September 3, 2022.
A man entered a business in the 900 block of Wellington St and while there, created a disturbance that resulted in him being told to leave. The suspect then uttered racial slurs at one of the employees, threatened them, and spat at them before fleeing.
Ryan Grant FLUET, age 27, is charged...
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