The Ottawa Police Service is working harder for its paycheques.
The force’s 2022 Annual Report shows demand for service increased nearly 4 percent in 2022 to 370,000 requests.
With approximately 43,000 reported Criminal Code of Canada offences, the level of reported crime increased by 19 percent last year.?
Ottawa’s Crime Severity Index (CSI) increased by over 12 percent last year to 54 points with the volume of reported violent crimes increasing by 6 percent in 2022, driven by assaults, threats, and robberies.
Property related offences increased by 26 percent.
There were 13 homicide incidents with 15 victims, alothugh the number of shootings declined from 82 in 2021 to 60 in 2022 (-27%).
OPS officers seized 107 crime guns.
Naloxone was administered 104 times by officers helping to save lives last year.
The number of collisions on our roadways increased by 40 percent to 15,100 collisions while fatalities increased by 15 percent to 23.
By Rick Stow