Ottawa police are launching new traffic units next week to tackle speeding and other road safety issues in specific parts of the city.

Chief Eric Stubbs was at city hall Wednesday to take questions from councillors about the 2026 budget for the Ottawa Police Service.

He said police need to have a presence in areas that no longer have automated speed enforcement cameras, following the provincial decision forcing municipalities to remove them.

Ottawa's speed cameras go dark

Stubbs noted that many of the lost cameras were in school zones and other vulnerable areas. He called the cameras an important tool that police won't be able to rely on going forward.

"There’s more on us now," he said.

Stubbs said speeding is bound to pick up in those zones now that the cameras have been turned of

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