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OACP 2022 Annual Meeting & Resolutions

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Annual Meeting will take place on Monday, June 13, 2022.  Members who wish to submit any resolutions to be considered at the meeting must submit them via email to Melissa Mascarin (mmascarin@oacp.ca) no later than Wednesday, April 20, 2022. 

For more information, please contact Joe Couto at jcouto@oacp.ca.

OACP Honours Heroes Beyond the Badge

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and OnStar Canada are proud to honour Toronto Police Service Constables Farzad Ghotb and Mustafa Popalzai with our March Heroes Beyond the Badge award for creating Project Hope. Because of their kind and caring hearts, the City of Toronto now has a way to help Afghan refugees settle down in Canada. With the assistance of their division and community agencies, these officers have delivered food and clothing to those hoping for a better life....

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Meets in Ontario

Chief Gary Conn, OACP President, and Executive Director Jeff McGuire were pleased to join members of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) for their Board meeting held in Rama from May 28 to 30, 2022. We appreciated that police leaders from across Canada gathered in Ontario for their important discussions.

Among the presentations received by the CACP Board was one by OACP Director of Government Relations and Communications Joe Couto. Mr. Couto engaged with the CACP Board on the...

New Partnership With the Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and The Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being (JCSWB) have announced a new strategic partnership which will promote leading-edge academic research and innovations in Ontario and across Canada. This exciting partnership will begin with the following: 

• Banner ad exchanges on the respective websites 
• Announcements in e-newsletters (The OACP Round-Up and The Dispatch) and on the Journal site 
• Collaboration on ongoing social media announcements 

The...

New OACP 2SLGBTQ+ Guide

In recognition of Zero Discrimination Day, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) has issued Building Relationships:  A Guide to Policing and 2SLGBTQ+ Communities, an updated resource for police personnel designed to help policing professionals better serve and work with 2SLGBTQ+ communities. The document is a significant update of the original document issued in 2013 as Best Practices in Policing and LGBTQ Communities in Ontario.

Building Relationships: A Guide to Policing and...