As policing leaders, there are key elements to consider when it comes to developing outstanding organizations. Opening conference keynote presenter Tanya McCready of the Winterdance Dogsled Tour and author of Journey of 1000 Miles opened the conference with a timely message: time, dedication, trust, and practice are key elements to leadership, as well as ensuring that leaders know their team and where they thrive best.

Law enforcement professionals play a unique role in our society. Our police members are obviously counted on to ensure the safety and well-being of anyone who makes ontario their home or visits our province for business or pleasure. But to accomplish this, we need police professionals who are able to discern social or other underlying challenges in our communities and adapt the delivery of policing services to meet the community’s safety expectations.

Adding social impacts

Shared from John Wooden to Ted Lasso

Public order hubs provide a collaborative response to multijurisdictional demonstrations

Building inclusive organizations through comprehensive leadership & individual actions

As many great ventures originate from a decision to create positive change, the same can be said about the genesis of the ontario association of chiefs of police’s (oacp) pre-certification process. On january 1, 2020, the new oacp constable selection system (css) was introduced by the oacp for police applicant testing in the province of ontario. This change in oacp css pre-employment testing was undertaken at the discretion of police leaders to ensure consistent hiring practi

the use of ESD canines has exploded, with over 100 of them currently deployed across the USA alone. A few years ago, Australia joined the ESD canine club and were soon followed by South East Asia in 2022. Then, in 2023, Canada proudly welcomed its first ESD canine, Harley, to the Peel Regional Police ICE Unit.

Leaders often assume that they - themselves - should have all the answers, simply because they’re in a “leadership role” and all eyes are on them. Not being the expert can be unsettling. However, leaders need to acknowledge that it is gravely difficult (or perhaps an impossibility) to “know EVERYTHING”.

As Ontario police services seek solutions to emerging community issues, non-traditional police approaches that create opportunities to strengthen community relationships are becoming vital to community safety and well-being.

A recent article published by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) lists financial fitness as one of the essential factors for officers to stay mentally healthy and maintain above average stability in other aspects of their life. Financial fitness is not necessarily about how much someone earns, nor is earnings a measure of financial success.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT