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Ottawa Intervening Time Police Leader Bell Set To Testify At Emergency Act Hearings

 OTTAWA -

The Public Order Emergency Commission resumes public hearings today, with interim Ottawa police captain Steve Bell expected to testify.

Bell could be a veteran of the force and was deputy chief once the "Freedom Convoy" protests swept back Ottawa in late January.

He has been the city's interim chief ever since Peter Slowly resigned in mid-February.

Bell antecedently aforesaid he didn't raise the central to invoke the Emergencies Act.

Sally is additionally expected to testify in the week before the commission, which is trying into whether or not Ottawa was even in invoking the act.

Last week, Ottawa's police services board declared that they had elite a replacement chief of police who can begin Nov. 17, despite the town council election going down today.

This report by The Canadian Press was initially printed on Oct. 24, 2022.

Ottawa Intervening Time Police Leader Bell Set To Testify At Emergency Act Hearings
image source:Ottawa interim police chief Steve Bell