Ottawa needs new deal with feds for policing the parliamentary precinct, mayor says
“Going forward, we want to see something that recognizes the growing number of threats and demonstrations and other events that are happening in the capital so that we can work proactively and gather intelligence and have the right resources in place,” said Sutcliffe.The RCMP, Ottawa police and the Parliamentary Protective Service have varying roles for handling policing and security on and around Parliament Hill.
The commission’s report makes 27 different recommendations related to policing, including one to specifically fix the “jurisdictional divisions” in downtown Ottawa.The Emergencies Act’s ‘very high threshold’ was met, commissioner rules in major report The city also has to decide how to improve communications between its police force and city council after an internal audit said police didn’t share enough intelligence with the city about what was happening as thousands of demonstrators occupied the downtown.
Coun. Catherine Kitts said communication was so poor that she and other colleagues learned through social media that ex-police chief Peter Sloly resigned in the middle of February. “I really felt like my ability to do my job and communicate with residents was compromised as some of my colleagues shared feeling in the dark,” Kitts said.
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