police, fire & paramedics

_ (Open letter from Amnesty International Canada Secretary General Alex Neve to SIU Director Tony Loparco and Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau) _ August 2, 2016 Dear Mr. Loparco and Chief Bordeleau, Amnesty International is writing this Open Letter to you regarding the case of Abdirahman Abdi. ...

_ (press release) _ (Ottawa) –The Ottawa Police Service Guns and Gangs Unit has charged two males from a Jasmine Crescent shooting investigation from Tuesday, August 2 nd , 2016. At approximately 7:30am, Patrol and Tactical officers attended a unit on the 4 ...

_ (press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for a Cardiac Arrest that occurred at Jim Durrell Recreation Centre, 1265 Walkley Road. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 17:15 hrs today, August 2, 2016. A 66 year old male was playing hockey and suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. ...

_ (press release) _ ORILLIA, ON , Aug. 2, 2016 /CNW/ - Two people died on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)-patrolled roads on the Saturday ( July 30, 2016 ) of the recent long weekend. One of the deceased males was a passenger involved in a motor vehicle collision and a second male lost his life in a boating incident. ...

_ (press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for 3 persons involved in a boating accident that occurred on the Ottawa river in the Britannia area in Ottawa’s west end. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 1213 hrs today (Saturday July 30th, 2016). ...

_ (Post via organizers of Saturday’s March for Justice in memory of Abdirahman Abdi) _ OTTAWA — We release these demands towards the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service. Release entire SIU report into Abdirahman’s murder. _ Editor’s note: It wouldn’t be up to Ottawa Police or the City to release the SIU’s report. ...

_ (press release) _ The Ontario Provincial Police ( OPP ) are reporting that 2015 marked one of the highest numbers of OPP charges laid against drivers who failed to slow down and move over for roadside emergency vehicles since the Move Over law was enacted in 2003. ...

_ (press release) _ It’s a girl! While transporting a female patient at 31 weeks gestation, Ottawa Paramedics pulled over on the Blackburn Bypass when mom started going into imminent labour. Paramedics delivered a healthy baby girl, weighing 1440g, in the back of their unit at 1624hrs today, Thursday July 28 ...

_ (press release) _ Paramedics responded to a call for an industrial accident that occurred on Sharkey Crescent in Cumberland. The Ottawa Paramedic Service Communications Centre received the call at 10:31 hrs today (Thursday July 28, 2016). Paramedics treated a 26 year-old male, working for a tree service, for a life-threatening laceration to one arm after the chainsaw he was using kicked backed. ...

_ (press release) _ Ottawa, ON–Drinking and boating accounts for approximately 40% of boating-related fatalities on Canadian waterways. To raise awareness and reduce alcohol related deaths, the Canadian Safe Boating Council (CSBC) – working with the Ottawa Police Service, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) and the Sûreté du Québec– are launching year 4 of an initiative called “Operation Dry Water” in the Ottawa-Gatineau area to discourage this dangerous practice. ...