In an exclusive interview, former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly calls for Canada's national security framework to be revaluated and for the numerous policing recommendations contained in the newly-released Emergencies Act inquiry report, to be followed through on.
"Those recommendations echo recommendations that I made myself… We have a national security framework, it is not as robust as it needs to be, it has not as not had the investments it should have had. That goes back decades. And when we come across these black swan type events that are literally once-in-a-generation, they get tested to the fullest," Sloly told Ottawa Bureau Chief Joyce Napier, reacting to the findings of the Public Order Emergency Commission released on Friday.
Rouleau said in particular, Sloly's statement that there may not be a policing solution to the demonstrations attracted "disproportionate scrutiny." On the other hand, Sloly did sometimes crossed the boundary and made operational decision, which was not his role, the report found.
"The word that you used, the words that Justice Rouleau used are quite frankly, the words that Canadians from coast to coast to coast have relayed to me over the last year. So I'm not surprised that it found its way into the report… I know that I did absolutely the very best job that I could. And the officers who worked for me, the members of the Ottawa Police Service and the circumstances they found themselves in— far from ideal—did their best.
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