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Canada Road Safety Week – #NotWorthTheRisk

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is proud to support the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) in supporting Canada Road Safety Week, a 7-day national campaign aimed at making Canada’s roads the safest in the world. This annual awareness campaign, which takes place from May 18 to 24, 2021, is designed to increase public compliance with safe driving measures in order to save lives and reduce injuries on Canada’s roads. The focus of this campaign continues to be on behaviours...

OHRC Issues Statement on Keeping Prison Custody Numbers Low

On May 11, 2021, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) issued a statement calling for justice sector organizations – including police – to implement measures aimed at limiting the number of individuals in correctional facilities or in custody. A number of the recommendations were identified specifically to police organizations.

The OACP shares the concerns of the OHRC with regards to high prison populations, particularly during the current pandemic. The overcrowding of correctional facilities...

Media Release: Stuart Parsons Honoured with Lifetime Achievement in Traffic Safety Award

Detective Constable Stuart Parsons of the Toronto Police Service has been awarded the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Lifetime Achievement in Traffic Safety Award.

This award is presented to individual who has clearly devoted themselves and their policing efforts to furthering traffic safety in Ontario.

Throughout his 32-year career with the Toronto Police Service, Detective Constable Parsons has worked in the Traffic Services Unit, committing his career to traffic safety, traffic-related...

Media Release: Constable Terilee Shisler Awarded OACP Youth Service Volunteer Award

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is pleased to announce that Constable Terilee Shisler with the Waterloo Regional Police Service is the recipient of the 2021 OACP Youth Service Volunteer Award.

This award recognizes a currently serving civilian or sworn member of an Ontario police service who has contributed in an exemplary manner through volunteerism to the overall well-being of youth.

For Constable Shisler, making a difference in her community as a first responder starts by supporting...

Media Release: Superintendent Joanna Beaven-Desjardins Honoured with Excellence in Leadership Award

Superintendent Joanna Beaven-Desjardins of the Toronto Police Service (TPS) is the recipient of the 2021 Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Excellence in Leadership Award for her outstanding work in leading her service’s planning and response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Early in January 2020, Superintendent Beaven-Desjardins, commander of the Emergency Management & Public Order Unit (EMPO), recognized a potential threat in an unknown respiratory disease emerging on the other side...