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• Public Required to Identify Themselves if Charged with Breaching an Emergency Order During the COVID-19 Outbreak

  March 31, 2020 9:00 P.M.

  TORONTO — People who are being charged with an offence under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) will be required to identify themselves if asked by a provincial offe...

  News release | Solicitor General

• Ontario Passes New Legislation That Will Restore Respect for Police Officers and Streamline Police Oversight

  March 26, 2019 12:08 P.M.

  TORONTO - Today, Ontario passed the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019, new legislation that fixed the previous government's Bill 175. Bill 175 treated police with suspicion while maki...

  News release | Solicitor General

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• Archive: Ontario Passes Legislation to Strengthen Community Safety

  March 9, 2018 1:25 P.M.

  Ontario is taking action to build a province where all people feel safer and more protected in their homes and communities by passing comprehensive community safety legislation.

  Archived News Release | Solicitor General

• Archive: Making Communities Safer

  March 9, 2018 1:25 P.M.

  The province has passed the Safer Ontario Act, 2018, comprehensive public safety legislation that represents the largest policing transformation in a generation.  

  Archived Backgrounder | Solicitor General

• Archive: Ontario Strengthens Emergency Management Program

  December 1, 2017 3:56 P.M.

  Ontario is making changes to its 

  Archived News Release | Solicitor General

• Archive: Ontario Supporting Crime Prevention and Community Safety Projects

  September 27, 2017 1:24 P.M.

  Ontario is investing in local crime prevention, and community safety and well-being initiatives across the province to support police services and community partners as they work together to...

  Archived News Release | Solicitor General

• Archive: Proceeds of Crime Front-line Policing Grants

  September 27, 2017 1:22 P.M.

  The Proceeds of Crime Front-line Policing Grant is supported with funds forfeited to t...

  Archived Backgrounder | Solicitor General

• Archive: Ontario Appoints Independent Street Checks Reviewer

  June 7, 2017 10:30 A.M.

  Ontario has appointed the Honourable Michael Tulloch, a judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal, to lead an independent review of the implementation of the regulation introduced last year on th...

  Archived News Release | Solicitor General

• Archive: Ontario to Open First Dedicated Mental Health Unit for Female Adult Inmates

  November 1, 2016 12:00 P.M.

  Ontario is continuing its work to increase mental health supports in the province's corrections system by creating the first dedicated mental health unit in Ontario for female inmates.

  Archived News Release | Solicitor General

• Archive: Province Marks Fire Prevention Week

  October 11, 2016 9:00 A.M.

  To mark Fire Prevention Week 2016, Ontario and the Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management (OFMEM) are urging Ontarians to replace smoke alarms in their homes every 10 years.

  Archived News Release | Solicitor General