Here’s what to know as Ottawa braces for Canada Day protests amid ‘lingering trauma’
Bell noted that residents should expect to see “a significant police posture and presence throughout the city” and that public order units, traffic teams, tow trucks and quick response teams are in place.
“This is necessary to support our ability to swiftly control the core for public safety reasons or support the city’s vehicle control zone,” he said. “We are prepared to take decisive and lawful action to deal with threats, occupation attempts and other unlawful behaviour that we observe.”As well, Bell said authorities are prepared “to enter public and private property on behalf of the property owner to remove anyone attempting to occupy or set up structures.”There remains significant community frustration and anger at how Ottawa police handled the so-called “Freedom Convoy” that blockaded the downtown core for weeks earlier this year.
In community forums such as Reddit’s r/Ottawa, many users have described plans to leave the core for the upcoming weekend in order to avoid a potential repeat of the convoy.Police defended their lack of action during the initial convoy blockade in the core by suggesting crowds were hostile and that police were not equipped to remove vehicles or people without a threat of harm to themselves or to residents.
Ottawa interim police chief says they’ve taken ‘unprecedented measures’ to prepare for possible Canada Day demonstrations
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