Former Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly testifies he did not request the Emergency Act.

Watch: Former Ottawa Police Chief Peter Sloly testifies he did not request the Emergency Act.

As Sloly testified to the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency Act yesterday, he confessed the Ottawa Police Service "was in constant communication and negotiations with the convoy elements in order to allow them entry into the downtown core." In those communications, Sloly said the goal was to reduce the impact on public safety."