Tag: Ottawa Police Service

(Ottawa) Pixels for Pistols: Over 300 guns turned in and climbing! The Ottawa Police Service has picked up over 300 guns from residents participating in the Pixels for Pistols gun amnesty program. Officers continue to pick up guns every day and getting to the new calls for pick up as fast as they can. “We’re […]

(Ottawa)—The Ottawa Police Service is advising that West Hunt Club Road has been reopened in both directions. Merivale Road remains closed due to the adjacent suspicious package call still being investigated. Thank you for your patience during traffic congestion.

(Ottawa) On October 16, 2013, the Ottawa Police Service charged two males after they were observed at approximately 5:35 am prowling on the property of a residence in the area of Rockliffe Park. Police recovered a stolen cell phone linked to another theft from a vehicle in the area. The following charges have been laid: […]

(Ottawa) The Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Section is seeking public assistance to identify the man responsible for the Sexual assault in the Heron Park area on October 7, 2013 and is releasing an artist rendering resembling the suspect. The male suspect has been described as approximately 6’ tall (183cm), medium to […]

(Ottawa)- In an on-going effort to deal with community identified prostitution and prostitution related problems, the Ottawa Police Service conducted a prostitution John sweep in Vanier on October 14 and 15, 2013. A total of 14 John/Males arrests were made. Eleven adult males qualified to attend the Pre-charge Diversion Program, which includes attending “John” School. […]

(Ottawa) One week into the Pixels for Pistols cameras-for-guns amnesty program, the Ottawa Police Service has collected 226 firearms. 46 hand guns 165 rifles/shotguns 15 air guns These firearms were collected between October 7 and 13, 2013. “We are very pleased with the level of participation to date,” said Staff Sergeant Mark Patterson, head of […]

(Ottawa) The Ottawa Police Service along with partners, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) held RIDE Program (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) in the late evening & overnight hours of October 11, 2013. Approximately 3,000 vehicles were stopped and one person was charged with Impaired driving and another one was […]

(Ottawa) The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit is seeking the public’s assistance in solving the robbery of a Canada Post employee. On October 3, 2013, at approximately 3:10 pm, a female postal worker was robbed by two males in the lobby of a building situated along the 1400 block of Heron Rd. The victim entered […]

(Ottawa) The Ottawa Police Service is asking for the public’s help in locating Ricardo SPENCE, 30 years, of Ottawa wanted in relation to Trafficking of a person, Living off the avails, and Assault with a weapon. Today, the Ottawa Police Service has obtained an Ontario Wide Warrant for his arrest. He is known to frequent […]

(Ottawa) The Ottawa Police Service along with partners, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) will conduct several Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) Program checkpoints on a monthly basis over the next year. The monthly RIDE Program provides policing partners with an opportunity to have a collaborative, coordinated approach to […]