OACP Special Investigations Unit Workshop

Start Date: Wed, May 30, 2007 | End Date: Wed, May 30, 2007

OACP’s Special Investigations Unit Committee presents …

Special Investigations Unit Workshop
Westin Bristol Place Toronto Airport
May 30, 2007

This seminar will cover following topics:
* Duties and Obligations of Police Services
* Police Attendance at Autopsies
* Conducting Administrative Reviews (Section 11)
* SIU Presentation
* Defence Counsel Presentation

Who Should Attend?
OACP plays a key role in the province in providing Local, Provincial and Federal law enforcement agencies a forum to exchange ideas and best practices. This trusted forum will provide information that can be taken back to each service to be shared with others. The seminar is of particular interest to the following personnel:
* Chiefs of Police
* Designates of Chiefs of Police
* Senior Management Involved in SIU Cases
* Supervisors

Agenda

May 29

7:00 to 9:00 pm 
Wine and Cheese Social

May 30

8:00 – 9:00 am 
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am 
Welcome
Chief Terry McLaren - President, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police
Staff Superintendent Rick Gauthier - Chair, OACP SIU Sub-Committee
James Cornish - Director, SIU

9:30 am 
Dr. Jim Cairns - Deputy Chief Coroner of Ontario, followed by a Question and Answer Session

• Role of Coroner in SIU Cases and Autopsy Attendance
• Tazers

10:30 am 
Break

10:45 am 
James Cornish, Paul Cormier, Rose Bliss - SIU Presentation, followed by a Question and Answer Session

• Responding Officers
• Liaison Roles
• Supervisors
• When to Call SIU
• SIU Checklist
• Access to Witness Officers and Notes
• Section 12 of PSA
• Case Review Program
• Review of Investigation Processes
• SIU Outreach to Front Line Officers
• Access to Police Service Policies
• Communications

12:00 pm 
Lunch

1:00 pm 
Defence Counsel Views, followed by a Question and Answer Session

2:00 pm 
Police Presentation, followed by a Question and Answer Session
Inspector Ed Boyd, Toronto Police Service

• Duties and Obligations of Police Services
• Conducting Administrative Reviews (Section 11)

3:15 pm 
Closing Remarks
Staff Superintendent Rick Gauthier, Chair, OACP SIU Sub-Committee

Register Today!
Registration fee:
OACP Member - $150 plus GST
Non-member - $200 plus GST
* On-line registration at https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=886&tid=32
* Fax registration to 416-926-0436
* Mail registration to: Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, 40 College Street, Suite 605, Toronto, ON M5G 2J3

Accommodations are available at The Westin Bristol Place Toronto Airport Hotel at a discounted group rate of $169 plus taxes.  Please call 416-675-9444 and indicate that you are attending the OACP SIU seminar.

For more information, please contact Stefanie Wolf at 416-926-0424 ext. 23 or events@oacp.on.ca.