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In 2018, the government of Ontario, then led by the Ontario Liberal Party and Premier Kathleen Wynne, had introduced a number of police reforms in the Safer Ontario Act, 2018 (Bill 175). After the 2018 Ontario general election, however, the new Progressive Conservative-led government under Premier Doug Ford decried the legislation, with MPP ...
The OCPC has two divisions: Adjudicative and Investigative. The divisions operate independently under one Registrar. The Adjudicative division is led by the Associate Chair and, until the Police Services Act was repealed, primarily dealt with appeals of disciplinary matters, proposals to amalgamate, reduce or abolish existing municipal police forces, budgetary disputes regarding police ...
The Durham Regional Police Marine Unit also has a mutual aid agreement with the Toronto Police Service for Lake Ontario as well as side-scan sonar and ROV. and with the York Regional Police for Lake Simcoe as well as side-scan sonar and diver services. In the event of a large-scale event, or a call-out that could take a significant amount of ...
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the provincial police service of Ontario, Canada.The OPP patrols provincial highways and waterways; protects provincial government buildings and officials, with the exception of the legislative precinct; patrols unincorporated areas in northern Ontario; provides training, operational support, and funding to some Indigenous police forces; and investigates ...
Statutory authority for the OIPRD currently derives from Part II.1 of the Police Services Act. [3] Once the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA) comes into force, OIPRD will be governed by Part VIII of CSPA. [4] Like the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), the OIPRD reports to the attorney general of Ontario.
The Peel Regional Police (PRP) provides policing services for Peel Region (excluding Caledon) in Ontario, Canada.It is the second largest municipal police service in the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, and the third largest municipal force behind the Toronto Police Service, with 2,200 uniformed members and close to 875 support staff.
The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is a municipal police force in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the primary agency responsible for providing law enforcement and policing services in Toronto. Established in 1834, it was the first local police service created in North America and is one of the oldest police services in the English-speaking world .
[5] [6] In Ontario, police services are obliged to provide at least five core police services — crime prevention, law enforcement, maintenance of the public peace, emergency response, and assistance to victims of crime — to fulfill the province's requirement for "adequate and effective policing," [7] while in neighbouring Quebec, the ...