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OACP Welcomes Ontario Governor’s Bail Compliance Investment

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OACP Welcomes Ontario Government’s Investment to Reduce the Risk of Repeat and Violent Offenders Who Commit Serious Crimes While on Bail

For Immediate Release: January 11, 2024 

(Whitby, ON) – The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) welcomes today’s announcement by the Government of Ontario to support police services in our efforts to reduce the risk of repeat and violent offenders committing serious crimes while out on bail. The $24 million investment is being delivered over...

New Blog on the OACP HQ Magazine Hub!

Click here to read our latest article, a candid and inspirational post written by Sgt. Kathy McMahon of the Toronto Police Service, and author of Behind Blue Eyes: A Police Officer's Resiliency Journal: A Space to Reflect and Respond to Experiences and Events as a First Responder, which was released on October 5, 2023, by LeadHer Publishing.

Members can also find articles from past issues of our HQ Magazine on our HQ Magazine Hub as well as unique online content. Some of the best subject matter experts...

2023 Professional Standards Investigators Course

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Professional Standards & SIU Committee held another successful Investigators Course on December 11-14, 2023 at the Durham Regional Police Training Center, Oshawa, ON. This course has become an important educational opportunity for Ontario police services. Thank you to the course organizers and presenters!

Look out for an announcement on the 2024 Professional Standards Investigators Course offering early next year. Please contact Sharon...

2023 MCOP Conference

The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) Mental Health Community of Practice (MCOP) for Law Enforcement Sub-Committee is a newly formed sub-committee within the Police Response to Persons in Crisis Committee of the OACP.

It is a goal of the Sub-Committee to organize an annual conference aimed at assisting and educating first responders on how to assist people in crisis. The first 2023 MCOP Conference was held December 7, 2023, in Aurora, ON. OACP President Chief Jim MacSween addressed...

OACP to Update Hate/Bias Crime Doc

The OACP’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee will embark on updating its Hate/Bias Crime resource document. This is an important endeavour given the recent spike in hate motivated crimes and incidents and related public concerns dur to current global conflicts.

To assist the OACP in its messaging in this area, we invite police services to provide us with any jurisdictional statistics, key messaging, etc. related to hate/bias crimes/incidents. We are looking at general trends in this...