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Media Release: OACP & OnStar Honours Det. Cst. Jonath Chow with the Heroes Beyond the Badge Award

MEDIA RELEASE Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and General Motors OnStar Canada Honour York Regional Police Detective Constable Jonath Chow With the Heroes Beyond the Badge Award 

For Immediate Release: March 13, 2024 

(Aurora, ON) – The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and General Motors OnStar Canada are pleased to announce that York Regional Police (YRP) Detective Constable Jonath Chow has been awarded the Heroes Beyond the Badge award for his positive and meaningful contributions...

Register Today for the 2024 Annual Conference!

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) 2024 Annual Conference is the premier event for Ontario’s police leaders. The Annual Conference is scheduled for June 9-12 in the beautiful city of London, ON and over those four days, delegates will hear about some of the most important issues facing law enforcement in our province and across Canada. You’ll also enjoy excellent keynote speakers and networking opportunities that will allow you to connect and re-connect with colleagues and...

CSPA Summit

Thank you to all Ontario Association of Chiefs of Policing (OACP) members who attended the recent Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA) Summit, which took place in Mississauga on February 27 and 28, 2024. OACP President Chief Jim MacSween helped welcome more than 700 delegates to this much anticipated conference.

While we look forward to the enforcement of the Regulations governing the CSPA on April 1, the OACP continues to advocate to adjustments to some of the regulations. Senior police...

OACP, OPP, and OPC Partner on Audio Presentation to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking

Media Release Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, Ontario Provincial Police, and the Ontario Police College Partner on Audio Presentation to Raise Awareness About Human Trafficking For Immediate Release: February 26, 2024 

(Toronto, ON) – The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and the Ontario Police College (OPC) have released a 20-minute audio presentation featuring crime prevention experts discussing human trafficking, how it can happen, who is...

Police are sounding the alarm on the government’s interest rate cap

Police are sounding the alarm on the government’s interest rate cap (The Hill Times)

OPINION | BY JEFF MCGUIRE | February 22, 2024

The government's plan to reduce the criminal interest rate from 47 per cent to 35 per cent APR will force low-income Canadians to turn to illegal lenders for loans.

It is a terrible reality: when times are tough, as they are now, criminal activity that victimizes those most at-risk often intensifies. One of the most significant categories of this activity is financial...