And I know that the broad community, that's not what we want here in Ottawa," Bordeleau said on Friday. Bordeleau acknowledged, however, that the confrontations are evidence there's been a shift in how his officers are being perceived in Ottawa since Abdi's death. Officers taking heat since arrestIn one specific encounter following Abdi's death, some 20 to 30 people showed up to film and taunt Ottawa police officers who were responding to a report of a collision, Bordeleau told Ottawa Morning. Officers then followed Abdi on foot to his apartment on nearby Hilda Street, where he was arrested. Charles Bordeleau told Ottawa Morning guest host Hallie Cotnam that there had been "a number of incidents" involving officers and members of the public since Abdi's fatal July 24 encounter with police in the city's Hintonburg neighbourhood.

Source: CBC News July 29, 2016 13:03 UTC