Search
Media Release: Constable Matthew Borch Honoured with Community Safety and Crime Prevention Award
Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 09:12 AM
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...
Media Release:The U.K.'s Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing and the OACP Enter Partnership
Posted on Friday, January 08, 2021 09:00 AM
(Toronto, ON) – The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and the Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing (CCEBP) are excited to announce a new partnership that will support police personnel in Ontario and Canada in accessing evidence-based policing learning opportunities.
The Cambridge Centre for Evidence-Based Policing is a research and training consultancy that is applying evidence to improve policing practices worldwide. The CCEBP Director, Professor Lawrence W. Sherman, is the...
Media Release: Canadian Police Services Launch National Methamphetamine Public Awareness Campaign
Posted on Tuesday, January 05, 2021 05:10 PM
Media Release: Canadian Police Services Launch National Methamphetamine Public Awareness Campaign Decrease text sizeDefault text sizeIncrease text size Print This Page
Media Release: Chief Kimberley Greenwood Named Recipient of the 2020 OACP President’s Award
Posted on Tuesday, December 08, 2020 11:15 AM
Chief Kimberley Greenwood of the Barrie Police Service has been awarded the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) highest honour, the President’s Award of Merit, which recognizes an OACP member who has demonstrated outstanding dedication and support to the association.
“Chief Greenwood is recognized as a progressive police leader not only in the City of Barrie and the Province of Ontario, but across Canada,” said Chief Paul Pedersen, the OACP’s Past-President. “Since her appointment...
Media Release: Ontario’s Police Leaders Release Hate/Bias Crime Resource Document
Posted on Monday, November 09, 2020 11:48 AM
Ontario’s police leaders have developed a new resource document on hate and bias crime to assist police services in effectively dealing with these types of crime and responding to the needs of all our communities for safety and well-being.
The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee has produced a Hate/Bias Crime: A Review of Policies, Practices, and Challenges document as a resource for police services across Ontario. The document, which builds...