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OACP Executive Director Job Posting

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE Location: Toronto, Ontario
Closing Date: February 22, 2024 Your Qualifications

As the ideal candidate, you have demonstrated progressive experience in a senior role in a not-for-profit, provincial association, police sector or private sector. You have proven skills in financial management, building and supporting high functioning teams, developing and sustaining strategic partnerships, sponsorship and program management. You are a results...

IPC Issues New Guidance for Ontario Police on Facial Recognition and Mugshot Databases

The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has recently released Facial Recognition and Mugshot Databases: Guidance for Police in Ontario.

It offers practical recommendations to help police in Ontario mitigate potential privacy risks associated with using facial recognition technology to search mugshot databases, which can impact privacy and human rights.

For more information on the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, please click here. 

SAVE THE DATE: South Asian Community Engagement (SACE) Summit - June 5 & 6, 2024

Peel Regional Police is excited to host a two-day South Asian Community Engagement (SACE) Summit on Wednesday, June 5 and Thursday, June 6, 2024 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Peel region.

The summit will highlight the SACE initiative – an important undertaking by Peel Regional Police to proactively engage and understand the needs of Peel’s South Asian communities. At this summit, the SACE team will showcase its final framework for culturally responsive service delivery that can be further replicated...

Revising Hate/Bias Crime Resource Document

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee has embarked on a revision of its Hate/Bias Crime: A Review of Policies, Practices, and Challenges document. This resource was published in 2020 and built on the work of Dr. Timothy Bryan of Dalhousie University. The revision is in response to growing concerns about the impact of hate and bias-related incidents and crimes related to world events that are impacting the safety and well-being of...

Ontario Police Leaders Embark on Updating to Key Hate/Bias Crime Resource Document

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Ontario Police Leaders Embark on Updating Key Hate/Bias Crime Resource Document

Police Concerned with Hate/Bias Crimes and Impact on Communities  

For Immediate Release: January 12, 2024

(Toronto, ON) – Ontario’s police leaders have embarked on an update of a key resource document on hate and bias crimes in response to growing concerns about the impact of hate and bias-related incidents and crimes related to world events that are impacting the safety and well-being of individuals and...