The Ottawa Police Service's 2020 draft budget, which still needs approval from city council, proposes hiring 30 more police officers next year to boost the force's community policing efforts.

New traffic-stop data and the results of a diversity audit show more steps are needed to ensure bias-free law enforcement in the nation's capital, Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly says.

The City of Ottawa's draft budget for 2020 was tabled at Ottawa city hall on Wednesday. Here are some highlights.

Peter Sloly was sworn in as Ottawa's new chief of police early on Monday morning in a private ceremony with frontline officers and civilian members of the police force.

In a media release, Deans says she hadn't been feeling well all summer and went through "myriad" tests to find a diagnosis.

The chief is set to take up his new office on Oct. 28.

The board says a special in-camera meeting was held Wednesday after it received a copy of the complaint against Deputy Chief Uday Jaswal.

Sloly served with the Toronto Police Service for 27 years – including as deputy police chief – before resigning from the force in February 2016.

According to police, the 18-month plan was developed in part from input received from residents, community partners and members of the OPS.

Beginning in September, police background checks conducted for employment purposes will cost $65, down from $90. Records checks for volunteers will initially cost $10, increasing to $20 in January 2020.