{"id":1271870,"date":"2022-02-04T17:08:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T22:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1271870"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:08:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T22:08:54","slug":"ottawa-police-announce-surge-and-contain-strategy-to-restore-order-at-trucker-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ottawa-police-announce-surge-and-contain-strategy-to-restore-order-at-trucker-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Police Announce &#039;Surge and Contain&#039; Strategy to &#039;Restore Order&#039; at Trucker Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fottawa-police-announce-surge-and-contain-strategy-to-restore-order-at-trucker-protest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1271870&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238104525-e1643996014703-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Ottawa police have announced they will be implementing a \u201csurge and contain strategy\u201d ahead of a predicted rise of protestors supporting the anti-vaccine mandate and anti-coronavirus restriction Freedom Convoy of truckers this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Ottawa police service made their statement in a Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OttawaPolice\/status\/1489602087226949635?s=20&amp;t=_PP89KQSaAa8TsaBCz4xOg\">thread<\/a> on Friday stating, \u201cOttawa Police&nbsp;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">and its partners are implementing a surge and contain strategy in <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Ottawa<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2019s downtown neighbourhoods to further protect neighbourhoods, restore order and prevent unlawful activity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The police acknowledged prior reports that the city is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/04\/ottawa-expects-surge-of-trucker-convoy-protestors-this-weekend\/\"> expecting a surge of additional supporters<\/a> of the protest this weekend, saying, \u201cwe are significantly increasing our policing resources to respond.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Around 150 additional officers are expected to be deployed on the ground in four downtown Ottawa areas, such as Centretown, and Byward Market and police say they will be deploying \u201cconcrete and heavy equipment barricades to create no-access roadways throughout the downtown core.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am very, very much pro-freedom, and I have no love for tyranny,\u201d Shanna, a demonstrator supporting the Freedom Convoy protest told Breitbart News on Wednesday when asked for her motivations in attending the events on Parliament Hill. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5DENhMqY11\">https:\/\/t.co\/5DENhMqY11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1489640070957223938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Protestors will also be directed to park away from the downtown area and police threatened to impound and remove vehicles that attempt to park downtown, while also stating that bridges, including bridges to neighbouring Quebec, could be closed if needed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cNational, provincial and local intelligence agencies have increased efforts to identify and target protestors who are funding\/supporting\/enabling unlawful and harmful activity by protestors,\u201d police stated and added, \u201cInvestigative evidence-gathering teams are collecting financial, digital, vehicle registration, driver identification, insurance status, and other related evidence that will be used in criminal prosecutions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Police labelled the ongoing protest an \u201coccupation of the Parliamentary Precinct\u201d and stated that while there has been no rioting, no deaths or injuries, \u201cThe demonstrators in this red zone area remain highly organized, well-funded, and extremely committed to resisting efforts to end the demonstration safely. This remains a very volatile and very dangerous demonstration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Ottawa Police chief Peter Sloly also gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/cpac.ca\/episode?id=1aa7a684-a639-4d37-9c5a-632d9fa0086f\">press conference<\/a> Friday, going over many of the same points as the Ottawa police Twitter thread, but also denied that officers were permitted to support the Freedom Convoy protestors with food, fuel or other logistics and said any police officer caught doing so would be investigated and possibly prosecuted. Even giving protestors water would be investigated and possibly punished, he said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ottawa Police Threatens to Call In Military to Stop Trucker Protest <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HGPUjFt1SK\">https:\/\/t.co\/HGPUjFt1SK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1489301408029548548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The escalation of police activity comes after Ottawa police chief&nbsp;Peter Sloly suggested that the city may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/03\/ottawa-police-threatens-to-call-in-military-to-stop-trucker-protest\/\">request assistance from the Canadian Armed Forces<\/a> to help stop the protests. A&nbsp;spokesman for the Canadian Defence Ministry later clarified that the military was not involved in law enforcement operations and had no plans to be.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">On Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has slammed the Freedom Convoy protestors as a \u201cfringe minority\u201d with \u201cunacceptable views\u201d and smeared the protests are racists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/04\/canada-trudeau-vetoes-police-hint-of-military-force-against-peaceful-mandate-protesters\/\">confirmed<\/a> that the military would not be deployed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cOne has to be very, very cautious before deploying military in situations engaging Canadians. It is not something that anyone should enter in lightly,\u201d Trudeau said and added, \u201cBut as of now, there have been no requests and that is not in the cards right now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Police in Ottawa have stated that they have intelligence that the number of protestors joining the Freedom Convoy to protest vaccine mandates and Wuhan coronavirus restrictions will increase this weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iYltMFrhMN\">https:\/\/t.co\/iYltMFrhMN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1489645007745261572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Trudeau, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/29\/trudeau-flees-ottawa-as-freedom-convoy-makes-its-way-to-canadas-capital-city\/\">fled Ottawa<\/a> for security reasons last weekend and remains isolating due to a positive Wuhan coronavirus test, has maintained that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/31\/justin-trudeau-on-dodging-tinfoil-hat-truckers-i-talk-to-protesters-i-agree-with-like-blm\/\">will not speak with the protestors<\/a>, claiming they have \u201cexpressed hateful rhetoric\u201d and disrespected science and frontline healthcare workers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Canadian Prime Minister, Canadian provincial leaders have been more receptive to protestors demands to end vaccine mandates, vacation passports and other coronavirus restrictions, with Saskatchewan Premier Scott More stating that his province would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/saskatoon\/sask-premier-plans-to-scrap-proof-of-vaccination-requirement-by-end-of-february-1.6334882\">ending its vaccine passport<\/a> by the end of February.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has also pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/kenney-to-announce-next-week-the-date-alberta-will-end-its-covid-19-vaccine-passport-1.5767528\">scrap the vaccine passport system<\/a>, while Quebec Premier Francois Legault <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/02\/quebec-abandons-policy-of-taxation-on-the-unvaccinated\/\">dropped a controversial tax<\/a> on the unvaccinated and stated he was o<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/02\/quebec-premier-willing-to-meet-with-freedom-convoy\/\">pen to speaking<\/a> with members of the Freedom Convoy movement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alberta Could Lift Vaccine Passport in \u2018Days\u2019, Denies Negotiating With Trucker Blockade<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4s6AIIRJMw\">https:\/\/t.co\/4s6AIIRJMw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1489584528725360647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa police have announced they will be implementing a \u201csurge and contain strategy\u201d ahead of a predicted rise of protestors supporting the anti-vaccine mandate and anti-coronavirus restriction Freedom Convoy of 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