The police association called out McKenney for voting to divert some funding away from police and said the candidate had an “extensive history of using harmful and misleading rhetoric against police officers.”
The Ottawa Police Association , which represents over 2,000 uniformed and civilian Ottawa Police Service employees, called out McKenney for voting to divert some funding away from police and said the candidate had an “extensive history of using harmful and misleading rhetoric against police officers.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“Catherine McKenney has supported incorrect statements and dangerous stereotypes about police,” Samuel said, referring to the Ottawa coalition for a people’s budget characterization of the OPS as having an “extensive history of violence.”Article content “Our members respect the democratic process,” he said. “We trust Ottawa voters will vest their faith in a candidate whose motives and history reflect a commitment to keep you safe and to support our members doing their jobs.”
The union did endorse the Progressive Conservative party during the 2018 provincial election campaign. But, in 2006, the OPA backtracked on its a plan to endorse candidates at the municipal level after critics said the endorsements would have called into question the political independence of the police.Article content
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