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- Black residents were three times more likely than their population share to experience police force in 2025.
- The Ottawa Police Service recorded 298 force incidents in 2025, a 19 percent rise from 2024 that kept the total within the six-year average.
- Handguns were drawn in 143 incidents and pointed in 125 incidents during that year.
- Hector Addison urged police leadership to meet and correct the ongoing over-representation of Black residents.
