The Ottawa Police Service did not charge a man who reportedly draped an American flag over the city’s tomb of the Unknown Soldier after he showed remorse for the incident.
According to footage of a July 24 nighttime incident circulated on social media last week in which an American flag was draped over the tomb, which is located at the National War Memorial site in downtown Ottawa.
A man could be seen in some of the footage.
Anita Anand, the Minister of National Defence, said in a tweet that the “desecration of this memorial is unacceptable and shameful.”
The government agency responsible for the site was reported saying that it is pondering over suggestions on how to better protect war memorials in the future are being pondered following a series of incidents at the site.
The monuments are under 24-hour video surveillance, said Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), which is responsible for the site and added a review of camera footage of the July 24 incident that was flagged to police the next morning.
A commissionaire also routinely patrols the monuments from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., the agency said.
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