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The rank-and-file Ottawa police union has severed ties with the police executive after what its president says has been months of double-standards and a refusal to treat officers fairly.

But Chief Charles Bordeleau counters that Ottawa Police Association president Matt Skof has been fanning the flames of strife and “creating divisions” when the service, its employees and the community need them to work together.

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“The ongoing relationship between the (union) and the (police) executive is unworkable,” Skof wrote in a Friday letter to all union members, obtained by the Citizen.

“Earlier today I sent a letter to the chief making clear that the relationship was at an end.”

Skof wants more transparency and a fair approach to member treatment. Civilian employees and officers in the union — from constables to staff sergeants — will continue their normal jobs but the union will not stand alongside the force at any public events, nor work together unless required.