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(Toronto, ON) – The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing (CCEBP) are excited to announce a new partnership that will support police personnel in Ontario and Canada in accessing evidence-based policing learning opportunities.

The Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing is a research and training consultancy that is applying evidence to improve policing practices worldwide. The CCEBP Director, Professor Lawrence W. Sherman,...

Chief Kimberley Greenwood of the Barrie Police Service has been awarded the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) highest honour, the President’s Award of Merit, which recognizes an OACP member who has demonstrated outstanding dedication and support to the association.

“Chief Greenwood is recognized as a progressive police leader not only in the City of Barrie and the Province of Ontario, but across Canada,” said Chief Paul Pedersen, the OACP’s Past-President. “Since her appointment as...

Ontario’s police leaders have developed a new resource document on hate and bias crime to assist police services in effectively dealing with these types of crime and responding to the needs of all our communities for safety and well-being.

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee has produced a Hate/Bias Crime: A Review of Policies, Practices, and Challenges document as a resource for police services across Ontario. The document, which builds...

Ontario’s police leaders passed two important resolutions regarding Canada’s National Public Alerting System and the replacement of the Automated Criminal Intelligence Information System (ACIIS) for law enforcement in Canada. These resolutions were passed at the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Annual General Meeting held virtually on June 25, 2020 – the first time the AGM was held virtually in the association’s 69-year history.

“As police leaders, we value opportunities to make Ontario’s...