A federal government official told Associated Press the police chief plans to publicly announce his resignation during the Ottawa Police Services Board meeting later today.
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- CBC News was the first to report Sloly’s decision and cited multiple sources familiar with the matter who said the police chief has been accused of bullying and behavior that hurt the police force’s ability to respond to the trucker protests.
- Ottawa city council member Riley Brockington appeared to confirm the news on Twitter.
- A spokesperson from Ottawa Police Service did not respond to a request for comment from Insider.
- On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers for the first time in Canada’s history in response to the protesters who call themselves the “Freedom Convoy.”
- The Emergencies Act allows the government to temporarily override civil rights to break up the blockades of protesters who have flooded Canada’s capital and taken up blockades across the country.
- “We need law enforcement to take the reins, to utilize the Emergencies Act and to enforce,” Trudeau said in a press conference on Monday. “We have given new powers to police and we need them to do the job now.”
- Over the past week, Canadian police have taken further steps to impede protesters from seizing food and fuel in Ottawa to launching more than 60 criminal investigations into incidents, including “the desecration of the National War Memorial” as well as the appearance of Nazi and Confederate flags.
- On Monday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said they had arrested over 11 people and dozens of guns from a group in Coutts, Alberta who RCMP said was willing to “use force against police if any attempts were made to disrupt the blockade.”
- Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has repeatedly warned that the protests are overwhelming the police department. Last week, Watson said during a radio interview on Sunday.
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