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The Dispatch Magazine Summer 2025
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- Newley Elected 2025-2026 PAO Board of Directors Announced
- Spring 2025: Advancing Our Advocacy Priorities with Ontario’s Renewed Mandate
- Sworn and Civilian Member Spotlight: Sandra Giuliani & Gary Bezaire
- When Empathy Becomes Exhaustion: Understanding Compassion Fatigue in Ontario Policing
- Honouring Those We Have Lost: A Recap of the Second Annual Ontario Police Suicide Memorial
- Answer the Call: A Bold Step Toward Reimagining Recruitment
- PAO Honours Extraordinary Acts of Heroism at the 2025 Police Services Hero of the Year Awards Ceremony
- Celebrating our Members
- Police Association of Ontario’s Fourth Annual Charity Golf Tournament Raises $10,000 for Police Mental Health Support
The Dispatch Magazine Summer 2024
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- CSPA at a Glance
- Association Spotlight: Lindsay Police Association
- Sworn Member Spotlight: Mitch Dumont, Niagara Regional Police Service
- Civilian Member Spotlight: Lorena Mills, Waterloo Regional Police Association
- Heroes in Life, Not in Death
- One Family Boldly Battles PTSD: John and Tina Renaud
- Canada Beyond the Blue
- Greg Pierzchala Memorial Run Returns for Second Year
- Police Service Heroes of the Year Awards 2024
- Honouring Our Members
The Dispatch Magazine Summer 2023
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- Bail Compliance | Boots on the Ground
- Member Advocacy is Making a Difference at Queens Park
- Timmins Police Association: Creating Solutions for Recruiting and Retaining Officers
- Adam McEachern: Grueling Fitness Challenge Raises Funds for Autism Heroes
- Andrea Lamothe: It Takes A Village to Heal Those Who Serve and Protect
- Police Service Hero of the Year Award Winners and Finalists
- OMERS: Secure Your Retirement
The Dispatch Magazine Summer 2022
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- Who is the Police Association of Ontario?
- Sudbury Shows a New Way to Support Mental Health
- Police Personnel Are People Too
- A New Way of Doing Business
- Climbing Up From Rock Bottom
- The Police Association of Ontario’s Loss is the Ottawa Police Association’s Gain
- Light at the End of the Tunnel
- what3words Delivers three.word.rescues
- Humbled by the Honour: 2022 Police Services Hero of the Year Award Winners
The Dispatch Magazine Winter 2025
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- A Milestone for Mental Health in Policing
- Advocacy Day 2024
- Marches of Progress
- Hallway Heroes
- Who’s Who in the Zoo: Finding the Employer in PSA Section 47
- Strategic Planning: An Underappreciated Tool for Police Associations
- Nation Pays Tribute: Memorial Service Honours Police and Peace Officers Lost in the Line of Duty
The Dispatch Magazine Winter 2024
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- Solicitor General Michael Kerzner
- Lobby Day
- Association Spotlight: South Simcoe Police Association
- Sworn Member Spotlight: Constables Neil and Tyler Moulton, Guelph Police and Bratford Police Associations
- Civilian Member Spotlight: Cindy Mitchell, London Police Association
- Feature: Constable Tanka Awosika, Thunder Bay Police Association
- Canada Beyond the Blue Gala
- Canadian Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial
The Dispatch Magazine Winter 2023
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- Meet Solicitor General Michael Kerzner
- PAO’s 2023 Lobbying Priorities Focus on Staffing
- Niagara Parks Police Service: Unique in Ontario
- Working Towards Boosting Morale
- Answering the Call
- Overcoming Personal Obstacles Leads to Member Advocacy
- Five Officer Deaths in Five Weeks Takes Its Toll on Members
- Stress Overload
- How a Fall from Grace Led a York Regional Police Officer to Start a Resiliency Support Group for Accommodated Members
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