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Joint OACP/PAO/OAPSA/OSOPA Community Safety and Policing Act Training, February 2024

The new Community Safety and Policing Act (CSPA) will come into force on April 1, 2024. To ensure Ontario police personnel are ready to comply with the new legislation, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is partnering with the Police Association of Ontario (PAO), the Ontario Association of Police Services Boards (OAPSB), and the Ontario Senior Officers Police Association (OSOPA) on a joint conference that will ensure that the information in the Act and associated regulations are...

Nominate a Hero Today

As part of our Heroes Beyond the Badge program, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) has honoured some of Ontario policing’s unsung heroes since 2021. The OACP and OnStar Canada has partnered to recognize the often-unsung heroes within Ontario police services for their work. The Heroes Beyond the Badge program showcases excellence in policing that goes beyond the individual or team’s duties – in other words, going beyond the badge. We are grateful that OnStar Canada, a subsidiary of...

Police Leaders Gather at #CACP23 Conference

Police leaders from across Ontario and Canada attended a successful Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) 2023 Annual Conference in Ottawa on August 21 and 22, 2023. Congratulations to Executive Director Aviva Rotenberg and her team on a great conference! Please visit www.cacp.ca for all things associated with the conference.

The OACP congratulates our Ontario representatives on the CACP’s Board of Directors, Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique (who will serve as...

2022 OCAN Award Recipients

The Ontario Association is pleased to announce the 2022 Ontario Crime Analysis Network (OCAN) Award Recipients.

Call for Proposals for Winter Edition of HQ Magazine

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is now accepting proposals for articles for our Winter issue of HQ Magazine. We are looking for articles that look at issues of importance to police leaders. Visit our HQ Magazine Hub to see past issues as well as bonus material to get a sense of what our readers want to see in our flagship magazine. Some of the best subject matter experts in policing and related fields share their insights and expertise on many of today’s important issues...