Ottawa police chief Eric Stubbs says extra police officers from across Ontario will be coming to Ottawa to assist in Canada Day because of the larger footprint for celebrations.
Moving the main Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa to LeBreton Flats creates some additional challenges for the police force, he said, but a "scalable" plan has been created.
"We do have a larger geographic area to cover and we have operational plans that account for that," Stubbs said when speaking to reporters Monday. "Now we're stretched all the way down past the War Museum and LeBreton Flats." "There's no doubt that is a challenge to get our numbers, so we're reaching out to our policing partners across the province to assist with us and we're getting that assistance," he said."If it's raining… obviously we can scale down very quickly. If it's a gorgeous day and numbers are higher and we have plans for that as well," Stubbs said.
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