OTTAWA — A beleaguered Ottawa police force is reviewing its detention policies and defending the rank-and-file after videos were released showing officers striking two prisoners and cutting a woman’s clothes off.
Chief Vern White says the videos have shaken the public’s confidence in the force.
“I’m always concerned about public confidence,” White told a news conference on Thursday.
“The public, overall, I think have tremendous confidence in what we do. And I understand they’re shaken by what they’ve seen.”
White was the chief of police for the Durham Regional Police Service before taking up the position in Ottawa.
Maybe Canada needs something like National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project. Tom
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