“freedom convoy” from the city as the demonstration stretches into its 11th day.He said Monday that, thanks to an influx of OPP and RCMP resources received over the weekend, officers can now go “on the offensive” to put an end to the trucker protest.“We needed more resources to deal with an occupation than with a demonstration.
I have worked continuously, 18-hour days, to get those resources. Our partners have started to bring those resources to bear,” Sloly said.“Now we can go on the offensive.
That’s what we’ve been doing, to great effect.” Ottawa police, politicians seek swift end to trucker convoy Kim Ayotte, the head of Ottawa’s emergency services department, said Monday that bylaw officers in the city have issued more than 1,000 tickets to protesters since the demonstration began, with 780 of those handed out this past weekend.Some 29 vehicles have been towed to date, he said.There were also a handful of arrests made, charges laid, and more than 60 criminal investigations underway in connection with the protest, according to police.Ottawa police announced over the weekend that they would begin cracking down on numerous offences, including threatening to arrest anyone bringing “material supports” — including gasoline refills — to the trucker convoy.Police said “multiple vehicles and fuel have been seized” on Sunday.Sloly said a convoy encampment set up in a parking lot on Coventry Road was “dismantled” and “thousands of litres of propane and gasoline” were seized in the past 24 hours.But demonstrators have since made attempts to “reclaim” the site, and police are still attempting to fence it off and any prevent further use by the convoy.Some protesters have also pushed back by filling canisters with water and.