NEWS RELEASE
SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE SERVICE
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Police Week in Ontario runs from May 12 to 18 across the Province of Ontario and the South Simcoe Police Service is proud to join with police services to kick off Police Week (#PoliceWeekON) and the police members who work hard to keep communities safe. This week, we will be celebrating the work front-line police officers, 911 communicators and police professionals do to keep Ontarians safe and healthy.
The theme for the week is Join Policing: Keep Ontario Safe and highlights the important role police members play in community safety, and how members of the community can take an active role in keeping Ontario safe by joining this rewarding profession. Police week presents us with an opportunity to focus on the great work officers and police professionals do every day. It also coincides with the Peace Officers Memorial Day, which is recognized internationally on May 15. Observed since 1970, Police Week brings Ontario police services and communities together to honour and celebrate police officers and personnel for the extraordinary work they do every day.
Throughout this week, the South Simcoe Police Service will be highlighting the many ways in which our members continue to serve our community.
The annual Police Week in Ontario is sponsored by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and the Ontario Ministry of the Solicitor General. It is part of the National Police Week led by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
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