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2022 OACP & Blue Line Expo

Join us at OACP & Blue Line Expo

Be a part of Canada's premier law enforcement conference and trade show on October 21, 2022. The event will be held at Paramount EventSpace in Vaughan, ON.

For the first time this year, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and Blue Line has partnered together to bring together a national perspective and a provincial focus under one roof.

The OACP & Blue Line Expo will feature sessions curated for all ranks and a trade show floor featuring a wide range...

Media Release: Ontario Police Leaders Issue Resolutions Following 2022 Annual General Meeting

(Toronto, ON) – Members of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) have passed resolutions calling on the Government of Ontario to partner with the province’s police leaders on important traffic safety issues and responding to mental health calls. A total of five resolutions, including one on standardizing a police ceremonial training course for police services, were passed by OACP members on June 13 at the association’s Annual General Meeting held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON.

The...

Media Release: OACP Endorses Working Group to Promote Respectful Workplaces in Policing

Media Release  Ontario’s Police Leaders Endorse Working Group to Promote Respectful Workplaces in Policing

For Immediate Release: June 15, 2022 

(TORONTO, ON) – Ontario’s police leaders have endorsed the work of a multi-police service group working collaboratively towards the goal of creating police workplaces that are psychologically safe and respectful for all police service employees. 

The Board of Directors of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) will support the work of the policing...

Media Release: New OACP Board of Directors Announced

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is pleased to announce its new Board of Directors for 2022-2023. Along with new OACP President Chief Nishan Duraiappah, OACP members at the association’s 2022 Annual Conference elected a new First Vice-President, three Vice-Presidents, and a Secretary-Treasurer.

Members of the  2022-2023 OACP Board of Directors are:

Board Executive

• President: Chief Nishan Duraiappah, Peel Regional Police
• Immediate Past-President: Chief Gary Conn, Chatham-Kent...

Media Release: Chief Nishan Duraiappah of Peel Regional Police Becomes New OACP President

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is pleased to announce that Nishan Duraiappah, Chief of Police of Peel Regional Police, will serve as the association’s President for 2022-2023. Chief Duraiappah was sworn in during the OACP’s Annual General Meeting today. He succeeds Chief Gary Conn of the Chatham-Kent Police Service, who will remain on the Board of Directors as Past-President.

Chief Nishan Duraiappah was born in Sri Lanka and immigrated to Canada . He began his career with...