This is why the coalition, along with Crime Prevention Ottawa, Interval House of Ottawa and the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre, has launched a new text and chat service. The Ottawa Police Service is seeing a decline in the number of abuse reports, however, as police Chief Peter Sloly noted during a virtual town hall last week. "The abuse reports are concerning, because we know it's continuing and potentially increasing," Sloly said. Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly says while police are seeing a decline in the number of abuse reports, he worries people are suffering in silence. The text and chat line are available seven days a week, from 8:30 a.m. to midnight.

Source: CBC News April 14, 2020 07:52 UTC