Black and Middle Eastern people were again disproportionately likely to be subjected to force from Ottawa Police Service (OPS) officers in 2022, according to a new report. The report to the Ottawa Police Services Board on Monday draws from the paperwork officers are required to file when they display or use force. Officers most commonly used force against Black people when they were responding to calls about weapons, which the report said made up 23 per cent of all situations where Black people were subjected to force. This table from the Ottawa Police Service's report on the use of force by its officers breaks down use-of-force incidents by race. The type of force Ottawa officers used in 2022 mostly involved drawing, displaying or pointing a firearm or a Taser, the report said.
