Committees

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police includes an extensive series of committees dedicated to dealing with a wide range of issues important to public safety and security and to improving Canadian policing and the criminal justice system. In this regard, CACP committees make meaningful and useful contributions in a number of areas to help advance our national strategic policing priorities and monitored issues.

General Standing Committees

The association currently has the following general standing committees:

• Aviation Security Committee
• Business Advisory Committee
• Counter-Terrorism and National Security Committee
• Crime Prevention, Community Safety and Well-Being Committee
• Drug Advisory Committee
• Electronic Crime Committee
• Emergency Management Committee
• Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee
• Ethics Committee
• Human Resources and Learning Committee
• Information & Communications Technology Committee
• International Committee
• Law Amendments Committee
• Organized Crime Committee
• Police Information and Statistics Committee
• Policing with Indigenous Peoples Committee
• Private Sector Liaison Committee
• Psychological Services Committee
• Research Advisory Committee
• Traffic Safety Committee
• Use of Force Advisory Committee
• Victims of Crime Committee

Special Purpose Committees

The association currently has the following special purpose committees:

• Collection of Indigenous and Racialized Identity Data Through the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey
• Firearms
• Mass Casualty Commission
• NG9-1-1 Tri-service Data Sharing

Partner Committees

CACP members also sit on national and international committees where they share their knowledge and experience with a focus on advancing policing in Canada and around the world.  

The CACP is represented on the following partner committees:

• Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA)
• Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT)
• Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group (CITIG)
• Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP)
• Canadian Society of Evidence-Based Policing (CANSEBP)
• Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC)
• eCrime Cyber Council
• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
  • Board of Directors
  • Computer Crime and Digital Evidence Committee
  • Criminal Justice Information Systems Committee
  • Information and Communications Technology Committee
  • Mid-Sized Agency Division - International Region
• Justice Efficiencies Committee
• National Advisory Committee to the Law Enforcement Torch Run
• National Joint Committee (NJC)

Joining A Committee

If you are interested in becoming a member of a CACP Committee please login into your profile on our website and click on  “Join a Committee”. We will forward the information to the respective Committee Chair.

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