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Ottawa’s first driver caught on video — from a camera mounted on a school bus — whizzing past a stopped bus with its lights flashing was charged Friday. Ottawa police have recently viewed high-definition footage of two instances “that we think are blatantly — it’s slam dunk,” said Sgt. Mark Gatien from the traffic escort […]
MorePremier Kathleen Wynne acknowledged a “day of grieving” while in the capital on the same day a police funeral was held for Ottawa police Staff Sgt. Kal Ghadban. “My thoughts are with his family,” Wynne told reporters at the Ottawa Convention Centre, where she was a keynote speaker at the Canada2020 conference. “I know that […]
MoreRoads will be safer now that cruisers equipped with automated licence plate recognition are reining in naughty drivers, say provincial police. “They’re working very, very well,” said OPP Sgt. Peter Leon. “When you’re able to check licence plates for suspended drivers and do what they’re able to do in a very short period of time […]
MoreA high-ranking Ottawa Police officer who exhibited “kindness and warmth” took his own life at Elgin St. headquarters Sunday, the same day cops killed in the line of duty were honoured with a memorial service on Parliament Hill. Sources say Staff Sgt. Kal Ghadban, 43, was found in his office and is believed to have […]
MoreEXCLUSIVE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/03/20/off-duty-cop-nailed-in-ticket-blitz?channelColor=news Temps are soaring and so are speedometers. A 68-minute blitz by Ottawa police Tuesday, their first of the season, nabbed 13 speeders including an off-duty cop on a motorcycle clocked going 202 km/h heading eastbound on Hwy. 174. Yannik Bernard faces a charge of stunt driving under the Highway Traffic Act. The […]
MoreOttawa police have nabbed a Toronto-area man for allegedly stealing thousands of X-rays from across Ontario while posing as an employee of a recycling company. The total count isn’t known but cops estimate it ranges from 25,000 to 30,000 X-rays. “It’s looking like it could be fairly extensive,” said Ottawa police Staff Sgt. Kevin McCaffery. […]
MoreCorporate culture telling Ottawa’s overworked cops to “just suck it up and get it done” has been eating away at morale, according to documents obtained by the Sun through an Access to Information request. Excerpts from the report read like an episode of the HBO hit show The Wire. “They have too many political agendas,” […]
MoreDrivers in Gatineau will have to ease up on the gas pedal. A new bylaw lowering the speed limit on all residential side streets from 50 km/h to 40, will come into effect in 90 days, the city announced Wednesday. The proactive measure aims to “help improve everyone’s safety on the roads, pedestrians and cyclists […]
MoreA dozen people were taken to hospital after two city buses collided on the Transitway in the west end during the afternoon rush hour Tuesday. “We were bouncing around, people were screaming,” said 30-year-old Melissa, from Kanata. “I was sitting down, so I didn’t see what was going on.” Melissa works downtown and didn’t want […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/01/25/cop-facing-hiring-crisis-prof With baby boomers retiring, fewer jobs will be up for grabs for police across the country, who didn’t hire at the end of the ’90s and early 2000s, warns a Carleton University business professor. “A lot of our older cops are going to be leaving all at once,” said Dr. Linda Duxbury, […]
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