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The Ottawa Police Service has received 51 calls about activities at the Prince of Wales Bridge since 2005, according to statistics kept by the force.

A list of the calls, obtained through access to information, sheds light on the reasons why police have been requested to investigate on and around the bridge. The Citizen asked for a call log between Jan. 1, 2005 and Aug. 29, 2016, which was the date of the information request.

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The City of Ottawa bought the historic bridge in 2005 to protect the crossing for a future interprovincial transit connection. The city has been trying to block access to the bridge at three locations – on the Ottawa and Gatineau sides, plus the middle section at Lemieux Island – but trespassers have scoffed at the measures.

The police log has no calls about the bridge in 2005.

There were only three calls in 2006, all related to traffic. Over the course of the 10-plus years, a total of eight calls were related to traffic stops or complaints.