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Assessing the Performance of the Chief of Police

Assessing the Performance of the Chief of Police – The Facts

The delivery of effective and accountable policing services to the people of Ontario is vital to the overall safety and well-being of everyone who makes Ontario their home. Every person in our province has a right to feel that they, their loved ones, colleagues, and neighbours live and work in safe communities. To that end, public safety depends on police professionals who are ultimately accountable and dedicated to serving their...

OACP HQ Magazine Feature - June 30, 2023

OACP members can look forward to the Summer 2023 issue of HQ Magazine in the next few weeks. 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 Jose Luis (Joe) Couto at jcouto@oacp.ca or Larissa Pereira at lpereira@oacp.ca and let us know what you’d like to write about. We’d love to publish your...

Outcomes of Operation Northern Exposure

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, in partnership with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS), the Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS), Peel Regional Police (PRP), and York Regional Police (YRP), released a video outlining the outcome of Operation Northern Exposure, a four-month outreach opportunity for officers from three southern Ontario services to join NAPS officers in the northern communities of Kashechewan, Fort Albany, and Attawapiskat.

These officers learned about Indigenous...

Meet Canine Officer Harley!

We recently introduced members to Harley, Peel Regional Police’s Electronic Storage Detection Canine Officer, via our HQ Magazine HUB website. Thanks to a great article by Detective Andrew Ullock from PRP’s ICE Unit, Ontarians got to know this amazing canine and his equally amazing work. Check out the article and the HUB here.

We love our police canines & the police officers who work & love them!

Do you have a story to tell? Contact Jose Luis (Joe) Couto at jcouto@oacp.ca and propose an article!

Operation Northern Exposure

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Media Release

Operation Northern Exposure

For Immediate Release: June 21, 2023

Today, in recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), in partnership with the Nishnawbe...