Our Community Partners
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This page will showcase the many community stakeholders and partners afford OPS the honour of collaboration and commitment to their community safety projects and initiatives and who provide valuable insights and inputs to ours.
Under construction
This page will showcase the many community stakeholders and partners afford OPS the honour of collaboration and commitment to their community safety projects and initiatives and who provide valuable insights and inputs to ours.
This website is moderated 24/7 by a 3rd party expert global moderation team from Bang The Table.
This site is for community members to share their stories of interactions with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) for the purpose of learning from each other through lived experiences.
Respectful and constructive criticism is welcomed, but hate and slander is not. This is a forum about systemic procedures within the OPS, not it's individual members.
Never post personal information about yourself or another participant. This includes identifying any individual by their real name if they have not already done so, or providing personal contact information.
Bang the Table’s moderators provide multilingual moderation support to ensure participants, site administrators, and third-parties are safe from malicious, inflammatory and illegal materials.
Bang the Table’s role in moderation of this site is to ensure that contributions are reviewed and assessed in an impartial manner according to the rules outlined below. Moderators have full discretion to impose any level of sanctions, at any time.
**OPS does not have influence, nor can they supersede the moderators decision.
This policy covers the following;
Username Rules
Username Sanctions
Moderation Rules
Moderation Sanctions
Etiquette
Frequently Asked Questions
Etiquette
The following are not enforceable rules, rather they are suggestions about etiquette to help keep the website respectful and constructive.
It's a good idea to read through the information on the site and the other participant comments before getting involved in the discussion yourself.
Always respect the views of other participants even if they don't agree with you.
Be constructive. It's okay to disagree with other forum participants, in fact we encourage debate, just keep the dialogue positive.
Always keep things civil. We recognize that this can be difficult sometimes, especially when you are passionate about an issue, but it is important to keep the discussion focused on the issues rather than letting it deteriorate into personal insults.
Once you've left your comment keep an eye on the project to see what other people have to say.
If you feel that someone has insulted you, report their comment to the moderator by clicking the “Alert Moderator” button. Don't perpetuate the dispute. The moderator will take a look at the offending comment and decide whether it should be removed.
Stay on topic. The projects on this website have been created for a specific purpose. Please stay within the boundaries of the subject matter.
Turn off the "CAPS LOCK". Writing in ALL CAPS is the equivalent of SHOUTING and can cause offence.
Choose one place to post each of your unique comments. Don't cut and paste the same comment into lots of different places on the website. These may be considered duplicates and could be removed.
Don't be a "troll". Trolls intentionally incite annoyance or offense. They do not participate constructively in the discussion and do not add any value to the debate.
Don't bully, harass or threaten other participants. If another participant proffers an opinion that you don't agree with, you have no right to demand that they support their position with a detailed argument. They do not have to respond to your questions. It is up to each individual to participate as much or as little as they wish.
Please respect the moderators. Their job is to keep the forum safe and constructive so that everybody gets to have their fair say. It is not always an easy job.
** Please note that moderators can impose any level of the following sanctions at any time.
Removal of comment - any comment that, in the view of the moderator, breaches the rules will be removed.
Temporary Suspension - a participant who repeatedly and flagrantly flouts the moderation rules may be suspended from access to the website for a period of up to one week. The period will reflect both the severity and consistency of the breach.
Permanent Blocking - a participant who continues to violate the moderation rules following reinstatement after a period of suspension may have their access to the website permanently blocked.
Automatic Blocking - a participant who posts or links to inappropriate, offensive or illegal material will be immediately blocked from the site.