The federal inquiry into the \u0022Freedom Convoy\u0022 protest last winter is providing an inside look at the implosion at the Ottawa Police Service when the chief resigned and the chair of the board was ousted 20 days into the crisis.
While the public at the time was left to wonder what was going on behind the scenes, testimony from witnesses and documents tabled at the inquiry add dramatic details of the back-room manoeuvring and acrimony during two tumultuous days in February 2022.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
A large measure of what Sloly faced as an outsider was racism, Deans said at an in-camera council meeting, according to minutes tabled at the inquiry. Deans said that at one point she told him: “Chief Sloly, there are a lot of people in this city that want your head.”Sloly’s lawyer conducting cross-examination at the inquiry disputed that version of the conversation. The lawyer said Sloly told Deans: ‘I’m not resigning, so if you want me out you’re going to have to buy out my contract.”Article contentDeans said she heard rumours that some councillors were preparing a motion to ask Sloly to resign.
Sloly’s resignation triggered a quick decision by the Ottawa Police Services Board on Feb. 15 to recruit a temporary chief to come to Ottawa for a few months. One of the force’s deputy chiefs was off the job amid allegations of sexual harassment. IfArticle content“This was a short-term hiring designed to shore up the senior command,” Deans told the inquiry. “We were flying with one wing in our senior command.
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