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 Frank Bergen, OACP Secretary/Treasurer
- Budget, Finance & Asset Management Committee
- Police Cooperative Purchasing Group (PCPG)
- Property & Evidence Working Group
- Public/Private Security Liaison Committee
Executive
Mr. Jeff McGuire, OACP Executive Director
- Annual Conference Committee
- Anti-Racism Working Group
- Awards and Honours Committee
- Future of Policing Working Group
- Justice Committee
- Nominations 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
Deputy Chief Roger Wilkie, OACP Vice President
- Constable Selection System (CSS) Committee
- CSS Oversight Working Group
- Education, Training & Professional Development Committee
- Incident Response Sub-Committee
- Executive Education Working Group
- Virtual Reality, Innovation and Technology Working Group
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Sub-Committee
- Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Working Group
- LBGTQ2S+ Working Group - Hearing Officer Committee
- Human Resources Committee
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Working Group - Professional Standards & SIU Committee
- Psychological Services Committee
Information Sharing and Common Standards
Chief Mark Campbell, OACP Vice President
- Common Police Environment Group (CPEG)
- CPEG: CPIC and Police Portal (CaPP) Sub-Committee
- CPEG: E-Solutions Sub-Committee
- CPEG: Freedom of Information Police Network (FOIPN)
- CPEG: Information & Technology Sub-Committee
- CPEG: Interoperability Sub-Committee
- CPEG: Law Enforcement and Records Managers Network (LEARN)
- Next Generation 9-1-1 Interagency Advisory Panel
- Virtual Reality, Innovation and Technology Working Group - Community Safety Standards Committee
- Ontario Association of Law Enforcement Planners
- Ontario Media Relations and Officers Network (OMRON)
Police Operations
Chief Shawna Spowart, OACP Vice President
- Alcohol & Gaming Committee
- Community Safety & Crime Prevention Committee
- Emergency Preparedness Committee
- Ontario Public Order Advisory Committee (OPOAC)
- Mass Gatherings Working Group
- Homicide Investigators Working Group
- Intelligence & Organized Crime Committee
- Illegal Cannabis Working Group
- Police Response to Persons in Crisis Committee
- Substance Advisory Committee
- Harm Reduction and Safe Supply Working Group - Traffic Committee
- Ontario Police Commercial Vehicle Committee - Towing Working Group - Victims Assistance Committee
- Youth Committee