b'ChiefConstableJohnPatrickofDeputyCommissionerJamesInnovatorsKitchenerPolice,wasafoundingErskine, Ontario Provincial Police, wasAtthe1992AnnualConference, memberoftheCCAO,servingasthe first and only member of the OPPWilliamMalpasswasappointed Presidentfrom1958to1959.HetoserveasPresidentoftheOACP,thefirstExecutiveDirectorofOACP, was the host of the first CCAO Annualfrom 1978 to 1979. withafull-timeofficeoperatingin Conference in Kitchener, 1952.DeputyChiefClarkLaneofSault Ste. Marie.ChiefConstableA.EarlKnight,Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police, LondonPolice,wasafoundingIn2003,thecompositionofthe memberoftheCCAOandthefirstwas the first of three Deputy ChiefsOACP Board of Directors was expanded officertobeappointedChairmanofof Police to hold office as Presidenttoincludearepresentativefrom theTrainingCommittee.Heservedof OACP. theRoyalCanadianMountedPolice. as President from 1962 to 1963 andChiefDonaldHillockofYorkAssistantCommissionerFreeman becamethefirstDeputyDirectorofRegional Police, served as OACP presi- Sheppard, Commanding Officer, Royal the new Ontario Police College. dent from 1991 to 1992 and as hostCanadian Mounted Police O Division, ChiefConstableLeonardG.for the 1992 Annual Conference. Chiefwas the first to serve on the Board in Lawrence,HamiltonPolice,wasaHillock was the founding chairman ofthis position.foundingmemberoftheCCAOandthe OACP Law Enforcement Torch RunJose Luis (Joe) Couto was appointed served as President from 1957 to 1958.for Special Olympics in 1987. OACP Director of Government Relations In 1967, he was appointed PresidentFornearlyadecade,theChiefandCommunicationsin2004.One oftheInternationalAssociationofConstablesAssociationofOntarioof his first tasks included setting up Chiefs of Police, the last Canadian toadvocatedwiththeMinistryofthea Toronto office at 40 College Street hold that post.Attorney General to establish a policeand launching the associations new Builders trainingacademy,resultinginthepublication, H.Q. Magazine.Chief James Torrance of Sarnia Police,establishmentoftheOntarioPoliceIn2004,thecompositionofthe served as OACP President from 1966College near Aylmer, in 1962. In 1977,OACP Board of Directors was further to1967.In1965,ChiefTorranceaftermassiverenovations,anewexpandedtoincludearepresenta-recommendedthenameoftheOntario Police College was opened. Ittiveofindigenouspoliceservicesin association be made more modern bystands today as one of the proudestOntario.ChiefGlennLickers,ofSix becoming the Ontario Association ofachievementsinthehistoryoftheNations Police, was the first to serve Chiefs of Police. Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police. on the Board in this position.Congratulations OACP on 70 years!12 H.Q. Summer 2022'