The Ottawa Police Service faces several staffing challenges, including vacancies and recruitment difficulties in sworn and specialized civilian positions, Auditor General Nathalie has found.

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A large-scale audit of Ottawa Police Service staffing found that front-line deployment is based on “outdated targets” and does not reflect the city’s “changing landscape,” including population growth and mental-health and substance-use crises. Article content

The audit, released Thursday by Auditor General Nathalie Gougeon, was to be tabled at the Aug. 8 Police Service Board finance and audit committee. Article content Article content

Gougeon’s office made 10 recommendations to ensure that staffing policies were regularly updated, that sufficient resources were in place to compl

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