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The police chief didn’t mince words on Monday night as he addressed about 100 residents who fear rising gun violence in the city’s south end.
“Too many young men are being killed by this (gang) life. They either end up in jail or dead,” Chief Charles Bordeleau told the crowd at the Jim Durrell arena on Walkley Road.
The young drug criminals behind this year’s 37 shootings so far — five of them fatal — weren’t at the meeting, but the residents’ fear was palpable.
Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau.
Their biggest fear is a stray bullet, and the chief and city councillors agreed that while statistically Ottawa is a safe town, it doesn’t feel safe when the shooting or homicide is in your own backyard.
“Statistics be damned if you don’t feel safe walking home,” said Coun. Jean Cloutier.
Police say that while gun violence was once a problem contained to some neighbourhoods, it has now swept across the entire city as young gangbangers ply their outlawed and bloody trade.
And police say the propensity for young criminals — mostly men — to fire a gun to intimidate or kill a rival has increased.
Bordeleau stressed that it’s a community problem that needs a community solution, and cited 20-plus partnerships with social service agencies that aim to rid the streets of guns.
“There is not one overnight solution,” the chief said.
There is growing concern over gun violence in the city, said Coun. Diane Deans in an online notice about the meeting. She said the shootings are concerning and that it will take the entire community to stop them.
Police also stress the need for the public’s help to come forward — even anonymously. Gone are the days of being a “snitch” and they are stepping up their outreach — including several mentoring programs — to target vulnerable youth.
Police also say they need to do better at building relationships with vulnerable youth and made a public offer of support for any young man caught up in the gang life.
There were three reports of shots fired in the same week in south Ottawa in April. No one was injured but police found shell casings after responding to residents who reported hearing gunfire. The incidents were in the Heron Gate neighbourhood on Baycrest Drive near Heron Road, on Ledbury Avenue near Banff Avenue, and near Cedarwood Drive and Walkley Road.
In January, two men were taken to hospital and the police guns and gangs unit began an investigation after a shooting near Walkley and Baycrest.
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“Too many young men are being killed by this (gang) life. They either end up in jail or dead,” Chief Charles Bordeleau told the crowd at the Jim Durrell arena on Walkley Road.
The young drug criminals behind this year’s 37 shootings so far — five of them fatal — weren’t at the meeting, but the residents’ fear was palpable.
Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau.
Their biggest fear is a stray bullet, and the chief and city councillors agreed that while statistically Ottawa is a safe town, it doesn’t feel safe when the shooting or homicide is in your own backyard.
“Statistics be damned if you don’t feel safe walking home,” said Coun. Jean Cloutier.
Police say that while gun violence was once a problem contained to some neighbourhoods, it has now swept across the entire city as young gangbangers ply their outlawed and bloody trade.
And police say the propensity for young criminals — mostly men — to fire a gun to intimidate or kill a rival has increased.
Bordeleau stressed that it’s a community problem that needs a community solution, and cited 20-plus partnerships with social service agencies that aim to rid the streets of guns.
“There is not one overnight solution,” the chief said.
There is growing concern over gun violence in the city, said Coun. Diane Deans in an online notice about the meeting. She said the shootings are concerning and that it will take the entire community to stop them.
Police also stress the need for the public’s help to come forward — even anonymously. Gone are the days of being a “snitch” and they are stepping up their outreach — including several mentoring programs — to target vulnerable youth.
Police also say they need to do better at building relationships with vulnerable youth and made a public offer of support for any young man caught up in the gang life.
There were three reports of shots fired in the same week in south Ottawa in April. No one was injured but police found shell casings after responding to residents who reported hearing gunfire. The incidents were in the Heron Gate neighbourhood on Baycrest Drive near Heron Road, on Ledbury Avenue near Banff Avenue, and near Cedarwood Drive and Walkley Road.
In January, two men were taken to hospital and the police guns and gangs unit began an investigation after a shooting near Walkley and Baycrest.
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