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Media Release: Constable Matthew Borch Honoured with Community Safety and Crime Prevention Award

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) is pleased to award the 2021 OACP Community Safety and Crime Prevention Award to Constable Matthew Borch with the Toronto Police Service (TPS).

This award is presented in recognition of the accomplishments of an officer and their community partners working together to improve community safety and well-being.

Constable Matthew Borch believes that early intervention and focus on improving the social development of young people is key to effective...

Police Week is Almost Here!

During Police Week (May 9 to 15), Ontario police services will highlight their service, people, and many accomplishments. Starting in 1970, Police Week coincides with Peace Officers Memorial Day, which is recognized internationally on May 15. This year, we want to celebrate community partnerships. All of us – police, communities, government, businesses, and ordinary citizens – must work together when it comes to public safety, crime prevention, and community engagement.

This year’s theme is “

Changes to Police Ceremony of Remembrance

Due to the Provincial COVID-19 restrictions, the Ontario Police Memorial Foundation (OPMF) Ceremony of Remembrance has had to be further scaled back on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. The original intent was for police services across Ontario to provide still photography or pre-recorded videos honouring the ceremony, so they could be incorporated during the broadcast.

While the ceremony will still pay tribute to fallen officers during a 15-minute broadcast on social media, police services have...

Emergency Preparedness (EP) Week

This year, Emergency Preparedness (EP) Week takes place between May 2 and 8. Given the current environment and focused efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, the week is being promoted online, using the official hashtags #EPWeek2021 #SemainedelaSC2021. Online public education resources are available as well as the new Government of Canada EP Week resources.

The OACP encourages you to follow @OntarioWarnings and @ONsafety on Twitter for information throughout the week.

New Cambridge CEBP Resource

Our partners at the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-based Policing (CCEBP) have produced new research which identifies a way of pin-pointing violent crime with a lot more data than has been shown as unused so far.

The majority of violent incidents recorded by ambulance and emergency services are not reported to the police.  As this article, which examined data from West Midlands, U.K., reveals, adding medical data could increase the number of identified violent offences by 15 to 20% to the totals...