Last year, in the face of a larger police presence - Ontario Provincial Police officers were brought in to support the OPS - the numbers were chopped in half. The signature moment came when a group flipped a car. The partiers freely roamed the neighbourhood, blasting tunes, romping through yards, parading and peeing wherever they pleased, overwhelming police. The afternoon Panda Game was long over in 2021 when the crowd in the streets of Sandy Hill steadily grew to an estimated 2,000. What’s the recent history of post-Panda-Game parties? Stéphanie Plante, the operating philosophy must be to “prepare for the worst and hope for the best.” “The important part is to have a significant police force in the area, for both sanctioned and non-sanctioned events,” said Ottawa Police Service superintendent Francois D’Aoust.įor Rideau-Vanier Coun.

Police and city officials are cautiously optimistic that a series of strategic planning changes - including a more aggressive police presence in Sandy Hill all weekend long and a sanctioned post-game tailgate party on the uOttawa campus - will limit the mayhem.

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