Skip to main content

Safety

Building Trust and Working with Partners

Your Safety

OCH knows that tenant participation is key to the continued advancement of our communities, and recent changes in the way we deliver safety services to tenants show this. By engaging our communities, increasing communication between staff and tenants, and allowing tenants to be a large part of safety solutions, OCH communities have become secure places where residents can get more enjoyment out of their homes and neighbourhood.

CSS staff conduct regular foot patrols, respond to complaints, conduct building and community safety audits, and are required to take notes and encourage information sharing. Current training for CSS staff includes an understanding of mental health and addiction issues, behavioural issues, and conflict resolution – key tools for achieving the best outcomes. Working together, Community Safety Services and tenants continue to nurture healthy, safe, and inclusive communities.

Interested in joining the Community Safety team? Keep an eye out for job openings.

Who do you call?

NON-EMERGENCY SECURITY ISSUES

Call OCH Community Safety Services (CSS) at 613-731-1182 option 1 on a 24/7 basis for all non-emergency security issues.

LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCIES

Call 9-1-1 for all life-threatening emergencies. Call 613-230-6211 for other emergencies. Contact your Tenant and Community Worker (TCW)
if you require
after-crisis services. 

When safe to do so, call OCH Community Safety Services (CSS)
at 613-731-1182 
option 1. 

COMPLAINTS ABOUT PARKING, NOISE AND PETS

OCH Community Safety Services is your first point of contact. For complaints about parking, noise, and pets, call us at 613-731-1182. 

You may also call 3-1-1 for By-law Services. You can visit their website for a full description of City of Ottawa By-Laws. 

CRIME STOPPERS

Call Crime Stoppers  1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or Text CRIMES (274637) keyword “tip252” to share information that help police solve a crime.

You can call the Safety & Security Workers 24h/7 at 613-731-1182 option 1. 

Call 911 if your life or the life of someone else is in danger.

Crime Stoppers

You have witness a crime
and want to report it?

Go to Page

Crime Prevention Ottawa

Want to learn about how you can feel safer in your community?

Go to Page

Ottawa Police Service

Do you need information or need to get in touch with the Ottawa Police Service?

Go to Page

2022 Top 3 Types of Calls are noise, loitering and
parking Related Complaint/Occurrence 

38

Community Safety Workers

24

Working Hours

240,782

Number of calls received in 2022