Multiple child sexual assault charges in ongoing investigation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, February 22, 2019 1:20pm(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse (SACA) Section has charged a 41-year-old man as part of an ongoing...
View ArticleCommunity Policing Project results in arrests (St-Jacques Street)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, February 23, 2019 3:25 pm(Ottawa) - A community policing project aimed at drug trafficking, drug consumption and other social disorder issues at...
View ArticleArrest in homicide investigation from Jolliet Avenue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunday, February 24, 2019 10:46am (Ottawa) – On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 1:30pm, Ottawa Paramedics contacted Ottawa Police about a suspicious medical call where a man...
View ArticleTwo youths arrested and charged for a robbery on Rideau Street
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 3:40pm(Ottawa) – On Monday, February 25, the Robbery Unit charged two young males under the age of 18, with one count of Robbery each. On...
View ArticleOttawa man charged with luring offence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 5:49pm (Ottawa) — In early December 2018, a concerned member of the public contacted the Ottawa Police Service to report a male using the handle...
View ArticleNew warning about 'distraction' thefts in Ottawa
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 1st, 2019 1:10pm(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service Criminal Investigation Unit is investigating a number of Distraction Thefts throughout Ottawa targeting our...
View ArticleMissing woman to be located
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 01, 2019 2:20pm (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service is asking for assistance in locating missing woman Jennifer Giroux-Matte, 24 years. Her family is...
View ArticleWomen only recruitment session with Ottawa Police on March 12th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 1, 2019 15:35pm(Ottawa)– Join Us - We’re Recruiting! The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) is recruiting and wants to reflect the diversity of our community. We...
View ArticleSuspect to identify in prescription frauds
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 01, 2019 16:38pm(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police is investigating a series of prescription frauds that occurred in January and February of this...
View ArticleOttawa man charged with child pornography offences
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 1st, 2019 8:41pm(Ottawa) – In early October 2018, a member of the Ottawa Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) conducted a proactive...
View ArticleHandgun and Drugs Seized in Ottawa South Search
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sunday, March 3 2019, 12:42 p.m. (Ottawa) – A man and a woman have been charged with several offences after Drug Unit officers executed a search warrant at a Ted Grant Private...
View ArticleSTEP to focus on school zone safety and impaired driving
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 5, 2019Ottawa– The Gatineau Police Service and Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on school zone safety and...
View ArticleTraffic Stop leads to arrest, seized gun and drugs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:46am(Ottawa) – On Friday, March 1st, at approximately 11:30pm, frontline officers conducted a traffic stop in the 1400 block of Carling Avenue....
View ArticleOttawa Police announce new layer of mental health support: Partnership with...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:55 a.m.(Ottawa)—The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) is proud to announce a new partnership with Wounded Warriors Canada to provide...
View ArticleRobbery suspect to identify from Strandherd Drive incident
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 10:56am (Ottawa) – On Sunday, February 10, 2019, at approximately 00:15 am, a male suspect entered a restaurant in the 3700 block of Strandherd...
View ArticleUPDATE: 2019 Polar Plunge Makes a Splash for Special Olympics
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 11:40 a.m.(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service and Special Olympics Ontario (SOO) are pleased to announce this year’s fundraising for the annual...
View ArticleMissing 65 year old woman to locate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 3:52pm (Ottawa) – The Missing Persons Unit is asking for public assistance in locating missing 65 year old Erlinda Santiago (Williams).Erlinda is...
View ArticleDrug Seizure, Arrests in Problem Address Project: Shakespeare Street
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 7, 2019 7:15am (Ottawa) –One person is facing charges and a small quantity of drugs was seized after a Street Crime Unit search warrant was executed at an...
View ArticleCruiser struck while performing a traffic stop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 7, 2019 9:35am (Ottawa) – Yesterday, an Ottawa Police Service Traffic Unit officer was performing a traffic stop when the cruiser was struck from behind at...
View ArticleFour teenagers charged following robbery on Bayshore Drive
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 7, 2019 1:05pm (Ottawa) – Ottawa Police Frontline officers responded to a possible assault in the 100 block of Bayshore Drive on March 6, 2019...
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