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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...

Why it’s so hard to fire an Ontario cop — even when they’re convicted

By Wendy Gillis, Staff Reporter for the Toronto Star

Convicted of drug trafficking, guilty of raping an unconscious woman, and recently fired, an OPP officer has been suspended with pay for nearly eight years. He’s still on the payroll.

It’s a rare punishment for a police officer in Ontario. But late last year, when an OPP superintendent was tasked with deciding the fate of a suspended and criminally convicted cop, she determined nothing short of the harshest penalty would do.

Const. Jason Redmond...