It's Almost here... the 2022 Annual Conference
We currently have 150 registered with agencies from all over the state represented!
Click here to register!
Click here for an updated conference schedule.
(With room assignments)
"Frequently Asked Questions" of the Conference
It's been a while since we've gathered for an in-person Annual Conference, so we thought it would be helpful to anticipate some of your questions about the event. Click here for the FAQs.
We'd like to thank the following members who have offered to serve as Presenter or Vendor Hosts while at the conference. With their willingness to lend a hand, we have no doubt things will run smoothly and this upcoming conference will be one of the best ones yet (both for our awesome attendees, and for our valued vendors):
Mitch Hicks, Dave Rash, Marcia Harnden, Matt Scales, Mark Daniel, Rick Puente, Gary Bell, Jason Schermerhorn, Troy Mills, Cory Darling, and others we will rope in as needed!
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Additional Conference Activity:
Firearms Workshop
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We'd like to give a Shout Out to OACP member Jim DeSully for taking the initiative for heading up this training and making all the arrangements. Thanks Jim for your partnership with, and service to, the OACP. Members like you make our association a great one.
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Monday, April 11 (day before conference begins)
1:00 - 5:00 pm FREE
4 Hours of Use of Force/Firearms Training Credit
Location:
Bend PD range
22395 McGrath Road
Bend, 97701
This firearms workshop will include updating police command on some of the new items being taught at the academy. Participants will be able to shoot the courses that are designed for our new recruits. Attendees will need to bring 200 to 300 rounds of ammo as part of the overview/training session.
Click here to sign up for this workshop.
Questions? Contact Jim deSully at [email protected].
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Silent Auction
Thanks to Chief Don Taylor's willingness (once again) to gather some donated items, we'll be holding a silent auction throughout the Conference. Word has it that there will be a Yeti cooler, a Vortex scope, a Yeti Hopper (soft sided cooler), a guided salmon fishing trip for two, a stained glass art piece designed by OACP member, Colene Domenech, and much more. Click here for a full list of auction items. Come prepared to bid on one or more of these.
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Congratulations Chief Andrew Shearer!
Although Chief Shearer has been acting as Interim Chief of Springfield PD for the last year, the OACP wanted to acknowledge and congratulate him on his official appointment to Chief of Police on March 28, 2022. The OACP wishes him great success as he continues to lead the Springfield Police Department and serve their community.
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OACP Weekly Update
Send feedback by contacting the OACP Office at 503.315.1411 or by visiting the website: www.policechief.org
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