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Stanhope 2023 Presentations

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Stanhope Conference! On this page, you will find each session slide deck.

Leading the Change

We are operating in an increasingly divisive cultural paradigm. We must be courageously inclusive in tackling a prevailing socio-cultural narrative that is destructive to all.

Devon Clunis, focuses on addressing challenges from a constructive, collaborative, people-centric perspective.

Speaker: Devon Clunis, former Chief, Winnipeg Police Service, and former Inspector

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Police Relations and Racialized Communities: Human Rights Focused Approach

This presentation highlights the journey of Peel Regional Police (PRP) in rebuilding fractured trust with Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities following several high-profile events. The Region of Peel is one of the most diverse communities in Canada.

Dirk walked the audience through PRP’s organizational experience in identifying and addressing systemic racism in policing from a Human Rights perspective, including collaborative partnerships with the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC), academic experts, and Peel’s community based Anti-Racism Advisory Committee (ARAC). The presentation includes lessons learned, findings and strategies to improve relations with racialized communities.

Speaker: Dirk Niles, Staff Superintendent, Peel Regional Police

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    Drone Regulations: Opportunities and Impacts for Policing

    Jeremy Fountain, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) Flight Standards Program Manager, Transport Canada, shared the background on RPAS regulations and provided an update on proposed beyond visual line of sight regulations.

    Additionally, he provided an overview of the regulatory support that RPAS provides to policing operations and the general impacts and opportunities it has on policing.

    Speaker: Jeremy Fountain, Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Flight Standards Program Manager, Transport Canada

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    What’s New in the Learning Management System

    This session highlighted upcoming LMS updates and enhancements and as well as information about Sessions and Organizational Units (OUs).

    Speakers: Evan Jackson, Director of Information Management and Technology, CPKN; Lucas Sencabaugh, IT Development Manager, CPKN; Tom Strancaric, Technology Trainer, Hamilton Police Service

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    The Intersection of Police Professionalism and Education

    The craft of the modern-day police officer is much different from simple law enforcement and crime reduction duties of yesterday. With the advent of community policing and the need to form partnerships with multiple stakeholders, to promote public safety and community wellness, the role of police officers has morphed. As such, the complexities and pressures imposed on police are far greater and require a well-educated, trained person to perform these difficult jobs.

    The public demands accountability and professional police practice, and we believe this starts with the foundational education relevant to the profession.

    Speakers: Dr. Graham Abela, Chief, Taber Police Service

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      Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Crime and Policing

      Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly evolving subset of AI technology that can understand context and intention – and create new content – in ways we previously had not imagined. The implications of Generative AI in many lines of work are significant and policing is no exception.

      Colin Stairs, Chief Information Officer, Toronto Police Service, joined forces with several colleagues from Microsoft to explore what AI means in policing along three key themes: How AI can enrich core policing competencies; How it can streamline peripheral tasks to free up time and resources; The new ways it is being harnessed by bad actors that police agencies across the world must be aware of and adapt to.

      Speakers: Colin Stairs, Chief Information Officer, Toronto Police Service; Chris Fortin, Account Executive, Microsoft Canada; Laura Pio, Principal Solution Specialist, Data and AI, Public Sector, Microsoft

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        Foreign Interference: A Threat to Canada’s National Security

        Canada is an open and free democracy with a reputation of being a friendly and welcoming country. Not everyone, however, shares these values. Some foreign states, or their proxies, use deceptive, clandestine, or coercive means to advance their strategic interests at the expense of Canada’s. This is foreign interference, and it is a threat to Canada’s national security.

        Ruari Nicholson, Director General, Atlantic Region, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), explained what foreign interference is, why Canada is an attractive target, discuss what the Government of Canada and CSIS are doing to protect against it, and how to protect yourself.

        Speakers: Ruari Nicholson, Director General, Atlantic Region, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

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        RCMP’s Journey Toward Accessible Learning: An Accessible Canada Act – Bill C-81 Awareness Session

        This session was aimed at anyone who creates digital content. It was an awareness session where the speakers shared about RCMP’s Journey toward accessible learning and design with a focus on the Accessible Canada Act Bill C-81.

        By raising awareness, the hope is to allow us all to move forward in the right direction.

        Speakers: Indica Ten Den, Learning Design Specialist, RCMP; Subir Bose, Multimedia Developer, RCMP

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        Active Bystander Training and Peer Intervention

        In 2022 the Toronto Police Service (TPS) rolled out a service-wide initiative to introduce bystander training to all its membership. This is a type of training that has gained significant momentum in recent years and many policing organizations have undertaken similar efforts. Unlike some agencies that have relied on existing third-party training programs, the TPS utilized the available research and literature to design a training program specifically tailored to the needs of its members.

        This presentation was an overview of the background of how this course was developed, a look at its contents, and an early reflection on how it is being received to date.

        Speakers: Shannon Warcop, Sergeant, Toronto Police Service; Frank Barredo, Superintendent, Toronto Police Service

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        Collaboration and Standardization of Police Education: Considering the Mass Casualty Commission Recommendations and Beyond

        In aftermath of the George Floyd murder, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) Human Resources +Learning committee and CPKN collaborated to create an inventory of existing training related to how police officers engage citizens and the communities they serve. The idea was to promote trust and confidence in policing by demonstrating proactiveness in providing culturally relevant training to police officers. This session focused on the important  training takeaways from the Mass Casualty Commission Report, and what this community can do to adopt a more professional, collective approach to police education.

        Speakers: Geneviève Tremblay, Director, RCMP; Wyllie Allan, Deputy Chief, Barrie Police Service; Sandy Sweet, President, Canadian Police Knowledge Network

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