Policing Resources

• Building a new public safety model in Ontario: AMO’s Policing Modernization Report. April 27, 2015

• Government Announces Consultation on Re-composition of OPP Detachment Boards January 15, 2020
• Bill 68, Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019: Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy. March 18, 2019
• AMO Makes Submission on Policing - Bill 175, Safer Ontario Act. February 8, 2018
• Proposed Bill Fails to Deliver More Effective, Affordable Modern Police Services. News Release. November 2, 2017
• New Policing Legislation Introduced at Queen’s Park. November 2, 2017
• Policing Policy and Bill 68 Update. September 22, 2017
• Policing Grants Update. February 8, 2017
• Arbitrated Settlement With the OPPA. October 4, 2016
• Creating a Modern Police Force. August 11, 2016
• AMO Releases Guide to Police Services Act Consultations. February 29, 2016
• Policing Consultations Announced. February 12, 2016
• Minister Announces Consultations on a New Legislative Framework. August 13, 2015
• OPP Policed Communities Update 6. April 4, 2014
• Release of OPP Steering Committee Report.  April 10, 2014
• New AMO Task Force on Police Modernization. April 10, 2014
• OPP Policed Communities Update 5. March 21, 2014
• OPP Policed Communities Update 4. March 14, 2014
• OPP Policed Communities Update 3. February 28, 2014
• OPP Policed Communities Update 2. February 18, 2014
• OPP Policed Communities Update 1. February 7, 2014

AMO Conference Presentations

• Policing Cost Update: Policing in 2020, What to Expect. Dave Henderson, Mayor, City of Brockville,  and Member, AMO’s Policing Modernization Task Force. 2017 AMO AGM
• Building a New Public safety model in Ontario: Lessons from the United Kingdom. Wendy Williams, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, United Kingdom, 2016 AMO AGM
• Costs of Police Services. Christian Leuprecht, Royal Military College of Canada, 2014 AMO AGM
• Ontario Tops the Provinces in Police Spending – but should we? Ron G. Bain, Executive Director, OACP, 2014 AMO AGM

McDonald Laurier Institute March 2014 paper by Dr. Christian Leuprecht

• MLI Report: Arresting the Runaway Costs of Police Services
• Blue Line or the Bottom Line of Police Services in Canada? Arresting runaway costs

Videos

2016 AMO AGM: Building a New Public safety model in Ontario: Lessons from the United Kingdom

• Speaker: Wendy Williams, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, United Kingdom  

 

AMO: Ontario's Interest Arbitration System: What is it? Why do we need to fix it?

When municipalities and emergency service workers cannot agree on wage and benefit increases, interest arbitration is used to settle their collective agreements. Emergency service workers can’t go on strike and, like all workers, they deserve to get fair increases over time.
 

TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin:

• What Should the Police Do? A multi-party discussion on what we expect of police and at what cost.  September 30, 2014
• Paying for Safety. March 27, 2014 discussion regarding the cost of policing with mayors, the OPP, and an academic.

AMO's 2014 OPP Billing Steering Committee

• OPP Billing Steering Committee Final Report
• OPP Billing Steering Committee Highlights
• OPP Billing Steering Committee: Questions and Answers
• OPP Billing Steering Committee: Terms of Reference