Ottawa’s police chief resigned Tuesday after receiving harsh criticism for his division’s dealing with of the Covid-19 protests which have occupied elements of Canada’s capital metropolis for the previous three weeks.
Police Chief Peter Sloly’s resignation was confirmed by Riley Brockington, an Ottawa metropolis councillor, in a put up on Twitter.
Critics say that Sloly and different law enforcement officials weren't aggressive sufficient of their response to the protests in opposition to Covid-19 vaccine mandates, which pressured Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to invoke emergency powers on Monday. The protests have additionally sparked copycat actions elsewhere, and have impeded on life in Ottawa for weeks now.
The ‘Freedom Convoy’ demonstrations have disrupted downtown Ottawa for the previous three weeks, with hundreds gathering in protest in opposition to the obligatory vaccination of truck drivers crossing the US-Canada border. Whereas the protests started on account of a vaccine mandate, they've became a rally name in opposition to pandemic restrictions and the management of Trudeau.
Trudeau stated Monday he'll make use of uncommon emergency energy measures in makes an attempt to cease the protests.
He's solely the second Canadian chief to invoke the Emergencies Act throughout peacetime, which provides authorities broad powers together with the flexibility to chop off protestors’ funding and reinforce provincial and native regulation enforcement with federal police.
Trudeau has stated they received’t be utilizing the navy to interrupt up the demonstrators, however that they do plan to freeze truckers’ belongings and take different measures that may affect their livlihoods.
Police will begin taking a a lot tougher stance in opposition to protesters, and can ban blockades at border crossings, airports, and in all the metropolis of Ottawa, Canada’s public security minister stated.
Sloly will publicly announce his choice afterward Tuesday, the Canadian Broadcasting Company reported.
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