Unfortunately, the relationship between the police and street-based sex workers is still extremely negative since they started arresting clients rather than sex workers. What has been told to us by sex workers is that even though the police aren't laying charges, they are still harassing them. They are approaching them on the street. “What are you doing here? Get off the street.” They're wanting to search them, wanting to lay drug charges, or going after them for loitering, so it's actually still extremely negative.
There are a small number of officers in Ottawa who do have positive relationships with street-based sex workers, but it's a smaller number.