b'the degree to which the demon- higher and have public orderstrators were confrontational; operational command experience;whether or not active resistancethe provincial (and national)or assault was taking place at adoption of the Hub model;the demonstration; encouraging membership ofthe degree to which demonstra- police services in the EPC; tors engaged in violent or criminala permanent and standardized activity; andmemorandum of understanding the level of threat to the public for use by any Ontario police ser- or police. vice to support multi-jurisdictional Inaddition,atieredeventpublic safety deployments; andclassificationwasimplemented,increasing the capacity of policeindicating on a scale of one to fourservices to expand their public the complexity of a public safety inci- order complements.dent, factoring in whether the policeOnApril13,2022,theserecom-responsetothedemonstrationsmendations were presented to, and was single- or multi-agency and theacceptedby,theChiefsofPoliceTHE FIRST EYEInumber of deployments required.presentattheOACPCEOsDay,SAFE IR LASER Supporting Interoperability supporting the concept of collective AfterthehistoriceventsinJanuaryleadershipwherepoliceservices, IRPOINTER andFebruary2022,lifeeventuallyband together to support the needs shiftedbacktotypicaldailyoper- of all Ontarians, regardless of jurisdic- ILLUMINATOR ations,providingopportunitytotion or shoulder flash.reflectonthepoliceresponse.OnWhilethecomplexand&AND &GREEN April 6, 2022, members of the Ontariomulti-jurisdictionalanti-mandate Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP)demonstrationsposedasignificantLASER POINTER Emergency Preparedness CommitteetesttopublicorderenforcementIN A SINGLE (EPC)conductedadebriefoftheinOntario,theresulthasfurther anti-mandatedemonstrationsthatstrengthened pre-established effect- COMPACT UNIToccurredbetweenJanuary27andive practices and the development of February 22, 2022. The intent of thenovel approaches and policy. debriefwastoidentifyeffectiveFEATURES:practicesthatcouldbeappliedtoToday, I am reminded of the wordsADJUSTABLE IR ILLUMINATORfuture events. of Helen Keller: Alone we can do so little; together, we can do so much.DUAL ACTIVATION SWITCHES Based on analyses of the events inAsthecommissioneroftheOPP,itHIGH/LOW POWER MODESearly 2022, standards of practice formakesmeexceptionallyproudtoSUBMERSIBLE TO 10 M FOR 2 HRSlarge-scale public order events wereworkalongsidededicatedofficersLOW-PROFILE WINDAGE & developed. The purpose of these stan- andpoliceleadersacrosstheprov- ELEVATION ADJUSTERSdards is to provide effective collectiveince.Collectiveleadership,likethat leadershiptopolicecommandersemployedinthePOUHubmodel, during events that could potentiallyallowsforastrongandunified exceed the capacity of a single policepolice response in support of lawful, organization.Therecommendationspeacefulandsafedemonstrations werealsocreatedtoestablishanin Ontario.agilepoliceresponsethatcould mobilizequicklyasrequired.The recommendations included: Thomas Carrique is commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police and a memberEXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE adopting the tiered scalesFROM STOEGER CANADAof the OACPs Board of Directors.developed to categorize publicDMACDONALD@STOEGERCANADA.CAorder events; WWW.STOEGERCANADA.CA/DEFENCE1 https://www.cacp.ca/@BDTCANADArequiring all POU Commanderspolicing-with-first-nations-metis-and-inuit-hold the rank of inspector orpeoples-committee.html?asst_id=2098 The Official Publication of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police11'