Warrant issued in online fraud investigation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 02, 2019 1:21pm(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service Organized Fraud Unit is asking for the public’s assistance in finding a man wanted for 33 fraud related...
View ArticleOfficers investigate assault against woman in west end
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 2, 2019 6:15 pm(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service West Criminal Investigations Section is investigating after a woman was assaulted Friday morning...
View ArticleShooting Investigation on Fourth Avenue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 06, 2019 2:36pm (Ottawa)- Saturday evening, at 10:11pm, Frontline officers attended the area of the 100 block of Fourth Avenue for 911 calls for a...
View ArticleWanted man John David Coon arrested by Ottawa Police Service
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 8:34am (Ottawa) – A man wanted by Ottawa Police Service in relation to a warrant for sexual assault charges was arrested Saturday, August 3,...
View ArticleShooting investigation on Ritchie Street
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 8, 2019 1:55am (Ottawa) –This morning, at 12:40am, Frontline officers responded to several calls of gunshots in the 100 block of Ritchie Street. Upon...
View ArticleSuspects to identify for a break and enter on Champagne Avenue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 8, 2019 9:44am(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service is investigating a residential break and enter and is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the...
View ArticleOPS Pipe and Drum band entertains audiences around the world for 50 years
By Carol MacphersonThis year, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) Pipe and Drum band celebrates 50 years of entertaining, competition and community service.Founded in 1969 by Constable David Grant who...
View ArticleGun seizure on Morisset Avenue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 8, 2019 4:15pm (Ottawa)- Early this morning, a suspicious vehicle idling on the street was noticed by a frontline officer on Morisset Ave. in Ottawa....
View ArticleDrugs seized, warrant executed on Laurier Avenue West
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 9, 2019 10:18am (Ottawa)- Yesterday, the Ottawa Police Drug unit executed a warrant in the 400 block of Laurier Avenue West at 12:35pm. The police...
View ArticleTwo guns seized during a traffic stop
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 9, 2019 10:49am (Ottawa) –Two handguns were seized and three men were arrested during a traffic stop early this morning. At about 1 a.m., officers from...
View ArticleOfficer saves woman from drowning in Vanier
August 2019By Carol MacphersonConstable Laura Monette has been an Ottawa Police Service (OPS) officer for less than a year, but she has quickly learned you never know what you will encounter during a...
View ArticleImportant Notice: Police Records Check fees will change starting September 1st
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 15, 2019 3:35 pm(Ottawa) – Due to an increasing demand from organizations requiring police records; we have had to implement the following:As of...
View ArticleOttawa man charged with Sex Assault offences
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 16, 2019 10:20am (Ottawa) –The Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault Unit has charged a former Carleton Ravens Basketball player with several offences in...
View ArticleSuspect to identify in residential break and enter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 16, 2019 12:03pm(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police is investigating a recent residential break and enter and is seeking the public’s assistance to identify the suspect...
View ArticleOfficer who saves two lives in a week says 'he was just doing his job'
August 16, 2019Two Ottawa residents are alive because of an east division front line officer, but he claims it’s all in a day, or in his case, night’s work.On August 4, he was called to the highway 174...
View ArticleOttawa Police Launch Recruitment of Youth to Join Youth Advisory Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 16, 2019 2:00 pm(Ottawa)—Ottawa Police Service is launching its annual recruitment for its Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) and is now accepting...
View ArticleCharges laid in Rideau Street robbery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 19, 2019 10:00am (Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Service has charged a man following a personal robbery that occurred yesterday in the 200 block of Rideau...
View ArticleCharges laid in dangerous operation of a vehicle on King George Street
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, August 19, 2019 2:25pm (Ottawa)— Ottawa Police Frontline officers responded to a call for service about a dangerous driver weaving all over the road in a...
View ArticleChoir director charged with Sexual assault
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, January 25, 2019 8:56am (Ottawa) –The Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit (SACA) began an investigation in early 2018 into allegations of sexual assault dating from...
View ArticleNine vehicles taken of the road in last week's Commercial Motor Vehicle...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 10:15am(Ottawa) — On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, the Ottawa Police Service Traffic Services Unit, along with Ontario Ministry of Transportation...
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