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Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police & OnStar Canada to Honour
Waterloo Region Police Service’s Backpack Challenge With Heroes Beyond the Badge Award
For Immediate Release: October 20, 2023
(Toronto, ON) - The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) will hold a media event where the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and OnStar Canada will present a provincial Heroes Beyond the Badge award to WRPS for its annual Backpack Challenge.
Date: Monday October 23, 2023
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm
Location: Waterloo Regional Police Service Headquarters
200 Maple Grove Road, Cambridge, Ontario
Speakers:
- Chief Mark Crowell, Waterloo Regional Police Service
- José Luís (Joe) Couto, Director of Government Relations and Communications, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police
- Ms. Charlene Poranganel, Global Public Safety Engagement Lead, General Motors Canada – OnStar
The Heroes Beyond the Badge Program honours an individual or team in a police service whose contribution to policing excellence deserves to be known and appreciated. Individuals and/or teams are recognized for the things beyond “operational” duties that police officers and personnel do to support their colleagues and communities and highlight policing excellence.
For more information contact:
Joe Couto
Director of Government Relations & Communications
C. (416) 919-9798
E. media@oacp.ca
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