Committee Overview

Committees and Working Groups are the DNA of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP). Since the establishment of the OACP, these groups have provided Ontario's police leaders (and others who have an interest in policing) opportunities to influence the development of public policy, training, and other factors that shape policing in Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police.

The OACP's Committees are organized under a 5-Pillar Structure as follows:

Administration and Finance
Chief Sara Cunningham, OACP Secretary/Treasurer

• Budget, Finance & Asset Management Committee
• Police Cooperative Purchasing Group (PCPG) 
• Property & Evidence Committee  
• Public/Private Security Liaison Committee

Executive
Mr. Paul Pedersen, OACP Executive Director

• Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Committee
• Awards and Honours Committee
• Justice Committee
• Ontario Association of Police Court Managers
• Police Legal Advisors Committee
• Race-Based Data Working Group
• Resolutions
• Risk Management Committee
• Torch Run Committee

People, Culture and Professionalism
Chief Marc Roskamp, OACP Vice President

• Constable Selection System (CSS) Committee

         - CSS Oversight Working Group

• Education, Training & Professional Development Committee

• Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
    -  Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Sub-Committee
    -  Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Working Group
    -  LGBTQ2S+ Working Group
• Human Resources Committee

          -  Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Working Group

• Professional Standards & SIU Committee
• Psychological Services Committee

Information Sharing and Common Standards
Chief Tim Farquharson, OACP Vice President

• Common Police Environment Group (CPEG)
    -  CPEG: CPIC and Police Portal (CaPP) Sub-Committee
    -  CPEG: Freedom of Information Police Network (FOIPN)
    -  CPEG: Information & Technology Sub-Committee
    -  CPEG: Law Enforcement and Records Managers Network (LEARN)
    -  Next Generation 9-1-1 Interagency Advisory Panel

• Corporate Communications Network (CCN)
  
  • CCN Community of Practice

Police Operations
Chief Bill Fordy, OACP Vice President

• Alcohol, Gaming and Cannabis Committee
• Community Safety & Crime Prevention Committee
• Emergency Preparedness Committee
    -  Ontario Public Order Advisory Committee (OPOAC) 
    -  Mass Gatherings Working Group

• Forensic Sub-Committee
• Homicide Investigators Working Group
• Intelligence Operations Committee
• Forensic Sub-Committee
• Organized Crime Committee
    - Auto Theft Crime Prevention Sub-Committee
    - Decriminalization Sub-Committee 
    - General Aviation Sub-Committee

• Ontario Forensic Investigators Association (OFIA) Committee
• Police Response to Persons in Crisis Committee
• Sexual Assault Investigators Association of Ontario (SAIAO) Committee
• Substance Advisory Committee
    -   Harm Reduction and Safe Supply Working Group
• Traffic Committee
  

• Victims Assistance Committee
• Youth Committee