In a special session Wednesday night, the Police Services Board (PSB) voted for a motion allowing the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) to benefit from the assistance of 200 additional officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) , “if necessary. arises”, in anticipation of the motorcycle convoy scheduled for the weekend.
The Ottawa Police Services Board reappointed 631 other police officers RCMP who was ordered to dismantle the trucking convoy in February. These measures will be valid until July 4th.
This is one of the new strategies we have established to address these projectionssaid the acting head of OPS Steve Bell, during the meeting of CSP which only took a few minutes.
” We want to make sure in advance that we have all the resources available to us so that we are not in reactive mode in case the need arises over the weekend. “
Convoy participants plan to hold a Friday night rally on Parliament Hill, a commemoration on Saturday morning at the War Memorial and a mass on Sunday in the Vanier district.
The police presence will be felt Thursday night, Steve Bell assured.
Source: Radio-Canada
