Ottawa police chief speaks to CTV News in year-end inteview [Video]

2024 proved to be an impactful and at times tumultuous year for the Ottawa Police Service.

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Chief Eric Stubbs sat down with CTV’s Patricia Boal in a year-end interview on Monday and spoke on a variety of issues that impacted the city in 2024.

While acknowledging there remains work to do to improve public safety and confidence in the police service from residents, Stubbs expressed optimism at the year ahead, with the force hiring more police officers, bringing in a mounted unit and expanding the implementation of its new CORE strategy in the new year.

While Stubbs says he expects issues such as public safety in the downtown core to improve in 2025, he called 2024 a “very difficult year” with the number of homicide victims in the city hitting a record high. The force …