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OACP H.Q. Magazine Summer 2023 edition is now live!

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is pleased to announce that the Summer 2023 H.Q. Magazine is now live! Please follow the embedded link to access this issue. We strongly encourage you to share the link in support of your colleagues.

The Summer 2023 edition includes articles on “Collective Leadership”, “The Economics of Policing”, “Building Inclusive Organizations”, “Lessons on the Value of Character”, “The Evolution of the CSS”, as well as a message from OACP Immediate...

OACP HQ Magazine Hub Feature

The Summer 2023 issue of HQ Magazine is now available! Click here for the latest featured articles.

Members can also find articles from past issues of our HQ Magazine on our HQ Magazine Hub as well as unique online content. Some of the best subject matter experts in policing and related fields share their insights and expertise on many of today’s important issues impacting law enforcement. For example, Waterloo Regional Police Service’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Cherri Greeno, has an article on...

Memorial for Woodstock Police Service Dog Taz

MEMORANDUM TO:

ONTARIO CHIEFS OF POLICE

Re: Memorial for Woodstock Police Service Dog Taz

As you may be aware, Woodstock Police Service Dog Taz was tragically killed in an on duty incident on July 3, 2023. PSD Taz was young but respected throughout the K9 community. He was a great service dog and developed into an outstanding detection dog.

We have planned a Memorial for PSD Taz in Woodstock for police personnel, family and friends on August 1, 2023. The public and policing community have been very...

OACP HQ Magazine Feature - July 14, 2023

OACP members can look forward to the Summer 2023 issue of HQ Magazine which will be coming out soon. Did you know that you can access back issues of HQ Magazine and bonus articles on our HQ Magazine Hub?

Do you have a story to tell about something you and/or your police service have undertaken that others in the policing community can learn from? Contact José Luís (Joe) Couto at jcouto@oacp.ca or Larissa Pereira at lpereira@oacp.ca and let us know what you’d like to write about.

OACP Reintegration Facilitator Course SOLD OUT!

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) inaugural Reintegration Facilitator Course from October 16 to October 20, 2023, hosted by York Regional Police is sold out. We do have a waiting list for the next Reintegration Facilitator Course. To be added to the list, please contact Sharon Seepersad at sharons@oacp.ca.

The reintegration course was originally developed by the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) in 2009 when the service recognized the need for a program that would offer more...