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Ontario Getting More Boots on the Ground by Making it Easier to Recruit and Train Police Officers

NEWS RELEASE

April 25, 2023

Office of the Premier

Free tuition and expanding enrollment for basic constable training will help address policing shortages. 

TORONTO — The Ontario government is making it easier for police services across the province to recruit and train more police officers by removing tuition fees for the Basic Constable Training program at the Ontario Police College (OPC) and immediately expanding the number of recruits that can be trained each year.

“Ontario is grateful to the...

Recent Educational Events

Media Relations Officer Course in Waterloo!

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and the Ontario Media Relations Officer Network (OMRON) hosted another successful Media Relations Officers (MRO) Course in  Waterloo April 17 to 20, 2023. A total of 22 participants received expert training on media relations and communications. We thank Director of Corporate Affairs Cherri Greeno and the Waterloo Regional Police Service for hosting this important training opportunity on behalf of...

2023 Drug Recognition and Enforcement Conference!

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is pleased to announce that the 2023 Drug Recognition and Enforcement Conference will be taking place on September 27-28, 2023 at the Toronto Congress Center, 650 Dixon Road, Toronto, ON. There will be a fantastic line-up of keynote speakers from the U.S., which includes:

• Jermaine Galloway – a devoted, passionate man who cares about America’s (and beyond) youth and communities. That passion informs what he does with Tall Cop Says StopTM.
• Corporal...

April Beyond the Badge Winners

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and OnStar Canada are pleased to honour the latest winners of our Beyond the Badge program, which recognizes outstanding work by police personnel in our province.

This month, we honour the Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT) of Grenville County for their service. The team includes two officers and two registered nurses – PC Annie Collins, PC Dave Holmes, Kim Brouwer, and Shawna Marshall. The MCRT responds to live calls,...

On Yom Hashoah: Police Leaders Stand with Jewish Community

PRESS RELEASE YOM HASHOAH: CANADIAN AND AMERICAN POLICE CHIEFS STAND WITH JEWISH COMMUNITY

KRAKOW, POLAND - April 18, 2023:  Today, Canadian and American Chiefs of Police and law-enforcement leaders laid flowers at the Plaszow concentration camp site to mark Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in a solemn ceremony. 

In an inspiring tribute to the Six Million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, police chiefs and officials read Holocaust Survivor testimonies at the site where thousands of Jews were...