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ON Investing in Infrastructure and Technology to Support New Emergency 9-1-1 Communications System

Media Release Ontario Investing in Infrastructure and Technology to Help Support New Emergency 9-1-1 Communications System 

For Immediate Release: December 1, 2023 

(TORONTO, ON) - Ontario is investing $78 million in telecommunications infrastructure to help municipalities and emergency response centres transition to a new emergency communications system known as Next Generation 9-1-1. The funding is part of the government’s $208 million investment to help emergency operators and dispatchers save more...

Signage highlighting the use of time-delayed safes now being posted in Ontario community pharmacies

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Signage highlighting the use of time-delayed safes to secure narcotics now being posted in Ontario community pharmacies

TORONTO, ON, November 29, 2023 – Community pharmacies across Ontario have begun to post prominent signage indicating the use of a time-delayed safe to secure narcotics, marking an important milestone in a province-wide mandate launched earlier this year by the Ontario College of Pharmacists to help deter pharmacy robberies. 

In March, the College’s Board of Directors...

Media Release: Ontario Police Kick-off Holiday R.I.D.E. Campaign

Media Release Ontario Police Kick-off Holiday R.I.D.E. Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Impaired Driving

For Immediate Release: November 16, 2023 

(King, ON) – The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and York Regional Police (YRP), today kicked off the Provincial Holiday R.I.D.E. campaign, which police services will implement across Ontario during the holiday season. The campaign promotes traffic enforcement and the raising of...

Ontario’s Police Services Launch Provincial Crime Prevention Week

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Ontario’s Police Services Launch Provincial Crime Prevention Week

Awareness. Engagement. Prevention.

For Immediate Release: November 6, 2023

(Toronto, ON) – In partnership with the Government of Ontario, police services throughout the province have launched this year’s provincial Crime Prevention Week (#CPWeek2023). The province-wide campaign takes place November 5 to 11, 2023, with in-person and on-line community events designed to raise awareness of the many crime prevention...

OACP and GM OnStar Canada Honour WRPS’s Backpack Challenge with Heroes Beyond the Badge Award

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Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and General Motors OnStar Canada
Honour Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Backpack Challenge with Heroes Beyond the Badge Award 

For Immediate Release: October 23, 2023

(Cambridge, ON) – The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and General Motors OnStar Canada are pleased to announce that the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s annual Backpack Challenge has been awarded the Heroes Beyond the Badge award for helping children and their...