Peter Sloly, the chief of police in Ottawa, has resigned and the RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police have taken control of enforcement in Ottawa. Sloly had requested 1,800 additional officers and staff to be able to end the occupation of city streets.
Peter Sloly, who’s only held the job since October 2019, had come under heavy criticism for the perceived inaction of the Ottawa Police Service against the protesters who’ve occupied Ottawa for more than two weeks.
Bell thanked Sloly for his service, but said the Ottawa Police’s efforts to end the occupation in downtown Ottawa had now reached a turning point. “I believe we now have the resources and partners to bring this occupation to an end,” he said.Article content “I know that they’re working day and night to be sure that there is an operation that will be put into effect to restore public order,” Mendicino said.
Authorities are now figuring out how best to use new powers granted through the Emergencies Act invoked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, to help remove scores of protest trucks that have clogged the city’s downtown for more than two weeks. But on the weekend, Ottawa residents frustrated with the blockades, noise and harrassment from protesters — and passive police response — took to the streets in counterprotest marches.
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