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2021 Annual Conference a Tremendous Success

Members of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) came together from October 3 to 6, 2021, to make the 2021 Annual Conference a tremendous success. The event was sold out (with a total number of attendees of 228) and provided vital information for police leaders on critical issues such as legal issues shaping policing today, making equity, diversity, and inclusion part of the policing DNA, promoting effective and accountable recruitment of the next generation of police officers...

A.B.L.E. President Jacqueline Edwards Honoured with Ontario Police Leaders' Highest Honour

Media Release Association of Black Law Enforcers President Jacqueline Edwards Honoured With Ontario Police Leaders’ Highest Honour

For Immediate Release: October 6, 2021

(Toronto, ON) – The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is pleased to announce that Jacqueline Edwards, President of the Association of Black Law Enforcers (A.B.L.E.), is the 2021 recipient of the OACP President’s Award of Merit, the association’s highest honour. Ms. Edwards was awarded the honour during the 2021 OACP...

Honouring Indigenous Communities

On September 30, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) commemorated the first-ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (#NDTR; #OranageShirtDay2021; #EveryChildMatters). We were proud to join Indigenous police services and organizations in recognizing this day as a national holiday. We encouraged all Ontario police services to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a day of remembrance and of commitment to working together with Indigenous communities for healing...

OACP Conference Kicks Off October 3 (#OACP2021)

Police leaders from across Ontario will gather in Blue Mountain, ON, on October 3 to October 6, 2021, for the OACP’s Annual Conference. This event was rescheduled from our original June date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are pleased that the Annual Conference can proceed in person following strict COVID-19 health protocols.

All conference participants must be fully vaccinated or provide proof of medical exemption/willingness to do on-site testing for COVID-19. For information, click here.

Ontario's Police Leaders Recognize the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30, 2021 marks the First National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities.  More information…

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation will mark Orange Shirt Day and the first statutory National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with a live broadcast on the CBC, Radio-Canada and APTN at  8 p.m. local time (9 p.m. AT, 9:30 p.m. NT).

Orange Shirt Day

 Orange Shirt Day, September 30,  is an...