Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, I did.

Declaration of Emergency committee  In this event, no, sir, I did not.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, sir.

Declaration of Emergency committee  What is it like now? I'm a private citizen.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It was highly contentious for the most part, but there were times when we were able to co-operate and find mutual outcomes that supported our membership and the city as well.

Declaration of Emergency committee  The reference to losing the room was made after I had presented before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on the issue of systemic racism in policing, and I stated emphatically—and I believe I was the first chief in Canada to say this—that systemic raci

Declaration of Emergency committee  It was in that context and during the fallout after that. We had a very contentious period with the board and internally. As most organizations grapple with the issue of systemic racism, that's just a matter of course for any CEO.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Well, again, you've referenced the two primary issues. Declining public trust creates a public safety risk in any policing organization, any policing environment. The focus of that was increasingly on the Ottawa Police Service for a national security crisis, and increasingly on t

Declaration of Emergency committee  There were specific references around accessing towing resources. Again, I don't have the exact language. Commandeering isn't something I can state was in there explicitly. By default, it would be the ability of police to predictably obtain sufficient tow resources, yes.

Declaration of Emergency committee  It can take time. It always does. There are practices in place, particularly here in Ottawa, for multi-jurisdictional events. Anything that speeds up the time for an officer to be fully deployable within the theatre under the Ottawa Police Service's incident command reduces the

Declaration of Emergency committee  Again, after my time in office, I can't give you a first-hand explanation. From a logic model, it would have, but you'd have to put that question to interim chief Bell and the incident commanders at that time, after I left.

Declaration of Emergency committee  No, sir. It was always urgent to try to make sure that we could maintain the emergency lanes that were negotiated, but the volume and capabilities and circumstances that we found very early in the morning on Saturday precluded that, until we had the sufficient scale of resources

Declaration of Emergency committee  The operational plan included the securing of heavy tow trucks and other tow trucks to support our traffic operations. They were available. It was the ability to deploy that particular technique in the theatre, which quickly developed, that did not allow us to do it, particularly

Declaration of Emergency committee  I appreciate the question. It's hard to follow the track of all these multiple events. As soon as we became aware of vulnerable children and other vulnerable persons within the red-zone areas and across the theatre, we were in contact with and in coordination with, on a daily ba

Declaration of Emergency committee  It was on February 7, sir.