The Official Publication of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police 3 C O N T E N T S H.Q. Summer 2026 The Official Publication of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police H.Q. is published on behalf of: Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police 40 College Street Suite 605 Toronto, ON M5G 2J3 Tel: (416) 926-0424 Fax: (416) 926-0436 www.oacp.ca Follow us on social media: OACPOfficial H.Q. is printed on 10% post-consumer FSC certified paper using soya based inks. When necessary to mail an issue in an enclosure, we use an environmentally- friendly, 100% oxo-degradable poly-wrap. Publisher Robert Thompson OACP Editors Dr. José Luís ( Joe) Couto, Larissa Pereira MediaEdge Publishing Editor Brooke Fehr National Sales Executive Kris McFadden Senior Design Specialist Krista Zimmermann Design Specialist Bethany Giesbrecht Published by: mediaedgepublishing.com 33 South Station Street North York, ON M9N 2B2 Toll Free: (866) 480-4717 robertt@mediaedge.ca 531 Marion Street Winnipeg, MB R2J 0J9 Toll Free: (866) 201-3096 Fax: (204) 480-4420 President Kevin Brown Senior Vice President Robert Thompson Sales / Branch Manager Nancie Privé Published June 2026 Publication Mail Agreement #40787580 Please return all undeliverable publications to 40 College Street, Suite 605 Toronto, ON M5G 2J3 All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the association. 8 16 Cover image provided by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police COVER 5 Celebrating Policing Excellence OACP’s 75 years of leadership By Dr. José Luís Couto, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Research and Corporate Communications; and Larissa Pereira, Research and Committees Specialist, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police FEATURES 8 Ontario’s Evolving Drug Policy: Where public health meets public safety By Chief Tim Farquharson, Port Hope Police Service; Deputy Chief Natalie Hiltz, Greater Sudbury Police Service; and Superintendent Ahmad Salhia, York Regional Police 11 General Aviation: Security & policing By Inspector Barry Dolan, Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario 13 Beyond the Hype: Operationalizing trustworthy AI in Ontario policing By Christine Robson, Durham Regional Police Service 16 Artificial Intelligence in Digital Investigations: A leadership imperative for modern policing By Brandon Epstein, Magnet Forensics COLUMNS 4 A Message from the President 18 Professional Services Directory
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