Launching of newly designed OPS Website:
During the first week of
November, for Crime Prevention Week, the Ottawa Police launched its newly
designed website.
The
site was re-designed to be more user-friendly and interactive. Now you can:
·
receive
up-to-the-minute news and share information with friends through Facebook and
Twitter or other social media networks,
·
browse
our new Calendar of Events to find out what the Ottawa Police is up to each
week,
·
view
images of suspects and missing persons online or on your cell phone, and
·
we’re
‘Asking Ottawa’ what they think with our bi-monthly polls about our community
I
invite everyone to check out the new site at ottawapolice.ca.
Pandemic Plan Update:
As a follow up to last month’s verbal report, I
am pleased to report significant progress on the role out of our Pandemic
Plan. We continue to support the City’s
overall response and coordinate our involvement through the Emergency Operation
Centre’s Control Group. Our members and
their families have been or are in the process of being vaccinated and the fit
testing of our members under the Respiratory Protection Program is currently
taking place. We have implemented
appropriate monitoring tools which are assisting in the early identification of potential
spikes that can be used to support decisions on alternate deployment
strategies.
All
our plans are supported by a robust internal and external communications
strategy. We will continue to work
closely with the City of Ottawa’s Public Health Department and our other
partners. In particular, I want to
publicly thank our Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Isra Levy, for his support
and the Ottawa Paramedic Service for dedicating a number of its resources to
the vaccination process of our members and their families.
Prostitution Sweep in Carlington area
Responding to community concerns, last week
Ottawa Police Service Officers conducted a two-day prostitution sweep in the
Carlington area. During this operation
there were 11 adults charged with prostitution related offences. West Division neighbourhood officers have
been working with the Carlington community to address this issue. There were numerous efforts to utilize
restorative justice approaches including five adults being sent to pre-charge
diversion or John School. Officers are
also working with many social service agencies to provide support to those
working the street. The officers will
continue to monitor this area.
Public
Consultation on Business Plan
The
Ottawa Police Service would like to thank police and community members for
attending the four Let's Chat Coffee
Shops in various neighbourhoods this month. While we are still compiling the results and discussions of the
sessions, most participants found the sessions to be very informative and
validated much of the information already in the draft Business Plan.
Community
and police members can still check out the videos and the draft 2010-2012
Business Plan on the Ottawa Police website and provide comments and implementation
ideas until the end of November.
Mr.
Chair, I would like to personally thank yourself and the other board members
who attended the public sessions.
Director of Facilities
Resigning
Ms.
C. Roper, Director of Facilities, has submitted her resignation effective
November 27, 2009. She will be pursuing
new career opportunities in Montreal.
As a valued member of the OPS, Ms. Roper made
many contributions from a Facilities perspective, including working on
significant projects such as the construction of the 10th Line patrol station,
the state of the Art Evidence Control Facility and the new West Division patrol
facility on Huntmar Drive. On behalf of
the OPS, I would like to thank Carol for her contributions and wish her success
in the future.