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The Ontario government is investing $12.5 million over three years to strengthen the mental health services available to Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and their families. The funding will support the hiring of 20 additional mental-health support staff and enhance the OPP's Healthy Workplace initiative to address issues of mental health and occupational stress injuries. This investment is part of the 2021 Budget.
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The province is testing a new app that could help first responders respond to life-threatening opioid overdoses and save more lives. The Digital Overdose Response System (DORS) smartphone app is designed to improve emergency response to overdoses. The new app announcement comes after published substance-use surveillance data showed 1,128 people died in Alberta from opioid overdoses in 2020.
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Protesters marched through Montreal’s Plateau borough Friday afternoon to denounce what many described as a “pandemic” of violence against women, after a slate of recent killings. Eight women have been killed by current or former intimate partners in Quebec over the past eight weeks.
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Working with top educators to deliver a practical approach to professional certification programs.
Paragon Professional Institute (PPI), with expertise in physical security and security asset management training, is please to announce its partnership with University of Waterloo, and collaboration with professional educators from Schulich School of Business, DeGroote School of Business, Wilfrid Laurier University and George Brown College in creating multiple registered professional certification and designation programs in the security industry.
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Texting has been found to increase public engagement and allows transit passengers to contact authorities to report disturbances without forgoing their own safety. A case study into the effectiveness of reporting crime via text. By Sherri St. Cyr
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Ontario recently introduced sweeping legislative changes to fight human trafficking by giving law enforcement officers quicker access to information and impose requirements on businesses that come into contact with suspected victims.
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In March 2019, U.S.-backed fighters rounded up thousands of people who had been living under ISIS control in Baghouz, Syria. According to Human Rights Watch, 47 of these detainees were Canadian.
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The annual Security • Police • Fire Career Expo took place virtually on March 3. It hosted expert speakers and industry experts from across Canada through live and on-demand sessions. It also included a virtual exhibit hall area featuring booth sponsors. For those who missed the event, sessions became available on-demand immediately afterward.
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Location: Toronto, Ont.
Date: April 13, 2021 – June 22, 2021
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Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Date: April 23-25, 2021
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Location: Brampton, Ontario
Date: April 29-30, 2021
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