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The Challenges of Communication Under Crisis Conditions

The problem of effective communication in complex organizations is even more difficult to solve under crisis conditions. In recent research, my colleagues and I have studied how firefighters from neighbouring departments work together under life-threatening conditions where the stakes on clear information-sharing are high.

ISN Maskwa

A new resource has been added to the emergency operations capacity in Ontario specifically to assist Indigenous leadership in leading their own response for their communities in the event of an emergency situation.

Halton Regional Police Service Tackles Sexual Assaults

For many Canadians, sexual violence casts a dark shadow over their lives. Studies show that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 6 men will experience sexual violence in their lifetime. In Halton Region, where more than 600,000 Ontarians make their homes, such figures translate into a significant number of individuals that have the potential to be impacted in terms of safety and well-being and, subsequently, reach out for assistance.

Including Absent Employees in our Police Organizations

Many police organizations have been experiencing an increase in employees on extended leaves. An extended leave may include sick leave, Workplace Safety & Insurance leaves, parental-type leaves, and other leaves of absence. Regardless of the type of leave, let’s not forget that these are still employees of our organizations, and they should be shown respect as such.

A Collaborative Approach to Sourcing Video Data for Police Investigations

In July 2019, a 40-year-old male was charged – and eventually convicted – with attempted murder after racing his tractor-trailer through a Belleville city suburb and slamming into his partner’s apartment building. Thankfully, she was uninjured in the spectacular attack. Video evidence demonstrating the suspect’s reckless driving behaviour was a key part of the investigation and an element that required hours of investigator’s time to source.

Why HQ Hub?

HQ Magazine has evolved with a new Digital edition. Robust and Responsive the AnswerApps edition is user friendly, easy to read, and easy to share.

Data and Analysis to Measure the Efficacy of Policing Programs

Measurement beforehand, the identification and deployment of strategies, followed by measurement afterwards, are all necessary to determine if any given strategy is effective. This process also informs how strategies can be revised to achieve optimal outcomes. This describes an iterative process that results in the development and deployment of the most effective policies. This approach applies everywhere.

The Complexity of Police Leadership

Yet leadership effectiveness is, simply put, about people understanding people. It is a skillset that can be learned, and that depends quite simply on leaders investing in themselves. With social-scientific discoveries, self-awareness, and powers of observation and communication, leaders can pull others together around a common goal. Among others, the below three skill sets help to get you there:

HQ Magazine

HQ Magazine has evolved with a new Digital edition

Robust and Responsive the AnswerApps edition is user friendly, easy to read, and easy to share.

Hello, we'd like to introduce you to the HQ AnswerApps Digital Magazine. HQ magazine is published by the OACP and has served the policing community and its leadership as a resource for longform journalism - featuring content that is pertinent to the success of police forces across Ontario.

HQ's digital edition is now a mobile responsive version created by AnswerApps. HQ magazine is following the trend and the user shift to mobile; embraced by the team at OACP with recognition that this provides better access to content, makes it easier to share, and enjoy - a better solution for readers and a better solution for stakeholders,
that's what the AnswerApps system provides.

Here is the link - oacp.fthinker.ca