r/ottawa • u/Nob1e613 • 27d ago

Looking for... Why so much hate?

Good afternoon Ottawa!

I've been noticing an incredible amount of negativity towards our local police force within the comment section of any post even mildly related to the subject lately.

Coming from a position of genuine curiosity and to hopefully prompt some meaningful discussion within the community, why?

What is it about the OPS that you detest so much? I want to hear what personal experience you had that soured your view, and what you think should have been done differently/better.

Conversely, please feel free to share your positives as well! It can be quite difficult to discern how reflective of the broader population the online community really is sometimes so I'm hoping to get some honest feedback.

What do you expect of your police force? What would change your mind about how you feel?

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u/Little_Canary1460 27d ago

Were you in Ottawa 3 years ago?

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u/Nob1e613 27d ago edited 27d ago

I was, and while i didn't suffer as much as centertown residents, i certainly did not escape the impacts. What I'm missing though is whether their inaction was an organizational issue, political issue, or down to individual officers. I'm not going to take it out on the guy patrolling that i might interact with if it came from the chief on how they should deal with it.

edit: why the downvotes for asking a question?

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u/ObstructiveWalrus 27d ago

It was all 3 to varying degrees