Canada's Most Comprehensive Practical Conference on Police Reform and Legal Liability-
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14/05/2025 15/05/2025 America/Toronto Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition
May 14 – 15, 2025
Sandman Signature Mississauga Hotel, Toronto, ON
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14/05/2025 15/05/2025 America/Toronto Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition
May 14 – 15, 2025
Sandman Signature Mississauga Hotel, Toronto, ON
Please visit https://www.canadianinstitute.com/law-of-policing-east/ for more information and updates. Sandman Signature Mississauga Hotel, Toronto, ON true DD/MM/YYYY 1440 use-title -
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Mississauga!
We look forward to seeing you next year, as we convene with chiefs of police, in-house counsel, and a wide-variety of government and civilian agencies from across Canada for a deep dive into critical challenges and controversial issues facing police services, associations, and boards, peace officers, special constables, and their counsel.
OUR 2025 PROGRAM IS IN DEVELOPMENT
Take a look at the lineup of speakers and event highlights from our 2024 event:
Conference Co-Chair
Sgt. Amar Gosal
Professional Standards (PSU)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), O Division
Keynote Speaker
Mario Di Tommaso
Deputy Solicitor General
Ministry of the Solicitor General
Featured Speakers
Jon Reid
President
Toronto Police Association
R. Kyle Friesen, O.O.M.
General Counsel, Legal Services
Surrey Police Service
Sunil Mathai
Senior Counsel, Crown Law Office
Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Lauren Katz
Counsel
Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General
Insp. Lina Dabit
OIC FP Cybercrime Investigative Team, Toronto CIT
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Carla Goncalves
Deputy Director
Law Enforcement Complaints Agency (LECA)
2024 Conference Highlights
Bail Reform Act: The Expected (and Unexpected) Impact of How Bill C-48 Amendments are Changing Policing
Preparing for Disciplinary Regimes under the Reformed Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA)
BWC Investigative Techniques and How Evidence is Now Being Used in Court
The Legal Parameters Affecting AI Ethics, Law, Policy and Usage by Police
Cybercrime Investigations: Canadian and International Perspectives on Cross-Agency Collaboration
ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE
CI’s annual event gathers the who’s who of the Canadian police community and delves into the most critical challenges and controversial issues facing police services, police associations, police boards, peace officers, special constables, and their counsel. Join us in May and take a dynamic look at how policing is progressing in Canada, as well as discover how advancements in technology are changing the way police investigate crimes, the way legal counsel apply the law, the way judges review evidence in court and more.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Police Chiefs, Deputy Chiefs, Sheriffs, and their Counsel
- Police Commissioners
- Professional Standards Investigators
- Executives of Police Associations and their Counsel
- Police Discipline Adjudicators
- Criminal Law Practitioners
- Government Policy Drafters
- Government Attorneys
- Members of the Plaintiff Bar
- Police Service Board Members
LEGAL ACCREDITATION
This 2-day conference program can be applied towards 6 of the 9 substantive hours, as well as 1.5 professionalism hours of annual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as required by the Law Society of Ontario. Learn More
Session Recording
Exploring an Expanded Range of Duties for Special Constables
This session looks at the new provisions under the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act (2019), to more closely regulate the appointment, duties, employment and discipline of special constables. As well, this session explores different police pilot projects whereby special constables are expanding their role.
VIEW FREE SESSION
Sarah Kennedy
President
Ontario Special Constable Association
Paul VandeGraaf
Chief of Police
Cobourg Police Service
SNEAK PEEK AT OUR PAST EVENT
WHAT OUR PAST ATTENDEES SAY
I was very pleased with the whole thing. The speakers were all knowledgeable about their topics, and the topics were interesting and varied.
Well organized, great speakers, accommodating.
Great experience overall. Appreciated the different points of view represented by the different speakers on such a variety of topics.
Very well-organized conference. Good variety of topics and speakers, yet all relevant to our work.
Very good, interesting and informative. Wonderful presenters.
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