A Roundtable with Police Leaders Evolving the Future of Policing

In this Roundtable, you will hear from visionary police chiefs and leaders who are out in front facing these challenges head on.

In a climate of increased social pressures and awareness about diversity, inclusion, and officer wellness, our panelists from York Regional Police proactively up-leveled their culture transformation into a model that other police services are now adapting for their own success. Some of their achievements include:

• Significant changes to the cadet onboarding process increased training success rate from 77% to 94%

• Attrition rates reduced by approximately 50% for the second consecutive year

• Ignited an unprecedented level of member engagement with over 400 volunteers working on the transformation

• Created and is currently implementing the department’s first Inclusive Policing Action Plan aimed at promoting equity and inclusion throughout the organization and to preventing discrimination and harassment in the workplace and in the community

• Launched an organizational Anti-Racism Action Plan, which includes a multi-year, anti-racism training program

• Based upon its existing Wellness Strategy, developed a comprehensive Wellness support platform to provide easy access to information, support and services across four wellness segments‒ Biological, Psychological, Social and Spiritual health, including a personalized Wellness BI dashboard to promote self-awareness, work/life balance and more

• Organized and launched multiple member-engagement initiatives including the Middle Management Advisory Committee to ensure insights to decision-making are conveyed up and down the organization, and member-led District Enhancement Committees across the region to address members’ concerns at a district level 

• Developed a member-centric workplace conflict response model to improve management of workplace conflict reports with awareness on psychological safety and inclusion and to prevent conflict from escalating to the level of harassment

You will hear first hand what is working and not, what best practices are essential, and what strategies are producing the most positive results. They’ll discuss their successes, their struggles and their key learnings.

While every police agency is different, all face similar challenges. This Roundtable is guaranteed to provide you insight and direction about how you can lead change successfully in your department to maximize your service to your community.