Peter Sloly says he resigned as chief of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) in the middle of the Freedom Convoy crisis partly because he feared eroded trust in his leadership was delaying extra officers from other jurisdictions.
"When trust starts to leave policing, that increases public safety risk," Sloly told a parliamentary committee on Thursday, marking only his second public in-person remarks since his departure.
Sloly resigned 19 days into the lengthy occupation of parts of downtown Ottawa last winter amid public outrage over his force's failure to turf protesters.
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