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New Federal Firearms Legislation

Ontario’s police leaders support the position of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) regarding new firearms legislation by the Government of Canada.

Highlights of the legislation include: 

• Combat intimate partner and gender-based violence, and self-harm involving firearms by creating “red flag” and “yellow flag” laws. These laws would allow people, such as concerned friends or relatives, to apply to the courts for the immediate removal of an individual’s firearms, or to ask a Chief...

OACP Annual Meeting Moved to October

The OACP’s Annual Meeting is always a highlight on the Ontario policing calendar. The gathering of Ontario’s police leaders is traditionally held in June. However, due to the uncertainty of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, our association has decided to move the Annual Meeting to the fall. We are hoping that we will be able to gather in person from October 3 to October 6, 2021 at Blue Mountain Resort.

Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more information!

Planning for Public Education and Police Training

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided significant challenges for all police organizations when it comes to providing public education to our communities.  The on-going pandemic has also posed difficulties for the OACP in terms of delivering education and training initiatives to police personnel.

While we are hopeful that Ontario will soon get the upper hand on COVID-19 through a vaccination program and continued public health measures, the OACP is planning on delivering public education and...

Evidence-based Policing Conference: Register Today!

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is partnering with world-renowned criminologist Dr. Lawrence Sherman and the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing in the United Kingdom to bring you the Evidence-Based Policing: “The Evidence Will Move You” Conference. The three-day virtual conference on Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) will take place from February 17 to 19, 2021.

Please join us and other police professionals from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST each day to learn more about EBP...

Johnstone & Cowling LLP Newsletter: COVID-19 Update

Stage 1 Order Rules - How is the Workplace Being Affected? 

As of January 13, 2021, O. Reg. 10/21: (Rules For Areas in Stage 1), made under the  Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 17, has amended the previous Rules under O. Reg. 82/20

The change in Rules, as they relate to the workplace are as follows:

Work from home except where necessary

• Employers shall ensure that workers conduct their work remotely, unless the nature of their work requires them to be...