Quebec police task force deployed to reinforce Gatineau region

Quebec police have deployed a mobile task force in the Gatineau region in response to increased criminal activity in the Ottawa area.
Sûreté du Québec director of communications Guy Lapointe said the number of shootings and homicides in the past month, along with the re-emergence of the Hells Angels in Carlsbad Springs motivated the deployment.
“Everybody’s aware of what’s going on across the bridge,” Lapointe said.
The task force is comprised of inves