Ottawa Police Chief Resigns With Trucker Protest Paralyzing City
- Move comes after Trudeau invokes sweeping emergency powers
- Top cop took largely hands-off approach to crisis in capital
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Ottawa’s top municipal law-enforcement officer stepped down amid a trucker-led protest against vaccine mandates in Canada’s capital that is now in its third week.
Police Chief Peter Sloly, whose largely hands-off approach to the crisis has drawn criticism, resigned Tuesday, according to reports by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and Postmedia News, citing unnamed sources. A meeting of Ottawa’s police services board is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. local time. One city councilor has confirmed the news on Twitter.