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Ottawa Police Service 2016-2018 Business Plan - Innovation and Investment in Community Safety

  Suspicious Activity: Not-so-obvious things to watch for. Strangers and Solicitors. Check identification of all solicitors, meter readers, and repairmen before allowing them to enter your home. Be suspicious of alleged delivery man with a wrong address or asking if someone lives there. Someone going door-to-door in your neighborhood. Pay attention. If you  notice the individual repeatedly tries … Continue reading Safety Tips

Workshop Invitation On The Record. What You Need To Know About Police Record Checks in Ontario A police record poses significant barriers for individuals seeking employment, housing and even treatment. Learn about the different levels of police record check, the predictive value of these record checks, how to understand the results of a “positive” check … Continue reading Workshop Invitation – On The Record. What You Need To Know About Police Record Checks in Ontario

Having a Neighbourhood Watch sign in your neighbourhood is a great start to deterring crime. We want to make sure you have the correct and most up to date sign in your neighbourhood to ensure maximum visibility, upkeep (broken, or vandalized) and continuity across Ottawa. If your sign does not match the ones pictured in … Continue reading Is Your Neighbourhood Watch Sign Up to Date?

To whom it may concern; The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is informing the public about possible spambots communicating with users of Skype through its instant messaging client. Based on information reported to Cybertip.ca, Canada’s tipline for reporting the online sexual exploitation of children, the spambots are said to direct users of the instant messaging client … Continue reading Parents Be Aware of Spambots on Skype

Bike safety and Rules of the Road refresher FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, June 24, 2014                       9:25am  (Ottawa)—The Ottawa Police Service would like to remind all cyclists in Ottawa – new and experienced riders – to respect the rules of the road. “Ottawa is an incredible city to commute by way of bicycle to work or for … Continue reading Bike Safety and Rules of the Road Refresher / La sûreté à vélo et le Code de la route

  Rural communities have been experiencing many challenges in recent years – transportation, access to services, rapid changes due to development, and others. How can rural residents and service providers from across the entire rural part of the City of Ottawa work together more effectively to address these and other issues?   We’d like to … Continue reading 07/04/2014 Strengthening our Rural Communities