Help us recognize and celebrate our community safety and crime prevention leaders. Submit your nomination for the 11th annual Crime Prevention Ottawa Awards. These awards honour individuals, groups and programs making a contribution to the safety of our community. The awards include: Leadership Award Business Award Youth Leadership Award Enforcement Professional Award City Employee…
Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) firefighters will visit homes throughout the city between September 9 and 16 to ensure that smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms are present and in working condition. Visits will take place between 6 and 8 pm on weekdays and between 2 and 4 pm on weekends. Firefighters will be in uniform…
Ottawa – The Gatineau Police Service and Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on school bus/school zone safety and vehicle occupant restraint during the month of September. School Bus / School Zone Safety: Between 2013 and 2017, there were 858 collisions resulting in 213 injuries involving school buses or occurring in…
Help the City of Ottawa recognize and celebrate our community safety leaders by submitting your nomination for our 11th annual Crime Prevention Ottawa Awards. These awards honour individuals, groups and programs making a contribution to the safety of our community. Crime prevention leaders represent all ages and walks of life, including volunteers and staff with…
On Tuesday, August 13, Ottawa Special Events and Ottawa Public Health have teamed up again to provide free Naloxone training. Each attendee will receive a free Naloxone kit as well. Please download your free tickets here which are used to simply gauge the number of attendees to make sure enough Naloxone kits will be available. Date…
Ottawa’s pathways have amazing scenery to discover and are a great way to get in and around our city. The City’s Pathway Patrol program was established in 1997 and has helped make Ottawa’s pathways safer for over 20 years. This year, Safer Roads Ottawa is looking for volunteers who love our city and want to…
The Gatineau Police Service and Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on pedestrian safety and roundabouts during the month of August. Pedestrian Safety Between 2013 and 2017, there were 1708 reportable collisions involving pedestrians resulting in 1827 injuries and 29 fatalities. Roundabouts Between 2013 and 2017, there were 533 reportable collisions…
The Ottawa Police Service hosted the Community Policing Forum: ~Building Trust Together~ on May 13, 2019. The aim was to “Explore the status of community policing in Ottawa and identify actionable recommendations for building community policing initiatives.” The top four themes from the forum were: Build partnerships and bridges Be visibly and actively engaged Foster…
The Ottawa Police Service launched an app for Android and iOS users that makes it easier to stay connected with the Ottawa Police. It includes several features such as access to online reporting, crime maps, photos of wanted persons, traffic disruptions, a collision toolkit, a call police function, find a police station and more! It is available for…
Crime Prevention Ottawa is Recruiting for BOTH our Board of Directors and our Community Forum What is the Board of Directors? Crime Prevention Ottawa is governed and guided by a Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has recently been named by the City of Ottawa as the Advisory Committee for the Community Safety and…