Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Ontario Police College

Strategic Planning Survey

The Ontario Police College is engaged in a strategic planning process and we request your assistance in the identification of trends and opportunities to improve our service. We are seeking information from as many members of Ontario Police Services as possible from all ranks and position levels from both uniform and civilian staff. The survey results are anonymous, and the findings will not identify any individual participant.

Find the Strategic Planning Survey here. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact the research and evaluation unit by mail Ramona Morris or (519) 773-4417.

Be advised that this survey is scheduled to close on January 24, 2012.

Thank you for your continued support,

Bill Stephens
Director (A)
Ontario Police College

March Past

Once the March Past is complete a copy will be available for viewers to view "on-demand" at their leisure:

March Past 01/12/2011 Available after December 2, 2011.

Course Calendar

The Ontario Police College (O.P.C.) continues to re-design and up-date its programs to ensure we are meeting your needs.

We thank the police services for their support and commitment.

Find the 2012 "50th" Calendar (.pdf) here... (January 11, 2012) or as a Digital Book

Library Catalogue

The primary purpose of the library is to support the training and research needs of staff and students at the college and the sharing of information resources through inter-library loans with the police community. The library collection consists of approximately 13,800 volumes of books, law reports, government documents, over 200 journal titles, and on-line access to legal databases. Users now have web access to the Online Public Catalog, which contains a complete book collection, selected journal articles and audio-visual materials.

Questions contact opclibrary@ontario.ca

About the College

The Ontario Police College(OPC) provides training designed to prepare police officers to safely and effectively perform their duties, while meeting the needs of Ontario's diverse communities.

Note: The OPC is a post-hire institution and does not offer services to the general public. Individuals cannot apply directly to the Ontario Police College. Please contact your local police service or the Ontario Provincial Police, who would be pleased to assist you. If you are a member of a service or ministry interested in a course, please inform your service or ministry manager, who will then make the request to our Registration Office, if deemed appropriate. The primary clients of the OPC are police and civilian members of all police services in Ontario, including municipal and regional police services and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Other clients include government employees from provincial and municipal enforcement agencies and clients from other provinces and abroad.

The college has 165 full- and part-time employees including instructors, support and seconded staff. The 45 permanent instructors are supplemented by police officers from various police services, usually for two-year periods.

History

In the early 1950s, the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) proposed the idea of a central provincial police academy.

In 1959 the Attorney General appointed an advisory committee on police training and in 1962 announced the formal establishment of the college. OPC offered its first classes beginning January 7, 1963 in the temporary wartime training quarters of an abandoned Royal Canadian Air Force base near Aylmer, Ontario. It was not until 1976 that the college moved to its present facilities at that site. The operations of the OPC became the responsibility of the Ministry of the Solicitor General in 1972, now the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.

Location

The Ontario Police College is situated on 121.5 hectares of rural land five kilometers northeast of the town of Aylmer, Ontario, and 190 kilometers west of Toronto.

PO Box 1190
10716 Hacienda Road
Aylmer West ON N5H 2T2

Switchboard:
Telephone: 519-773-5361
Fax: 519-773-5762