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Organization

The Canadian Police Association (CPA) is an advocacy and fundraising organization that is also a registered lobbyist with the Canadian government. The CPA represents Canadian police officers. It is divided into 27 regional chapters at municipal, provincial, and federal levels. There are 27 regional chapters at municipal, provincial, and federal levels. They also have members from small towns to those working in large municipal and provincial police forces, as well as members of the RCMP, railway police, and first nations police personnel. Provincial associations include British Columbia Police Association, Police Association of Ontario (PAO).

According to the National Association of Professional Police (NAPO), "a coalition of police unions and associations from across the United States" which was established in 1978 it was "organized for the purpose of advancing the interests of America's law enforcement officers through legislative advocacy, political action and education." In 1996, the Canadian Police Association invited international police association executives to a formal meeting in Windsor, Ontario where they established the International Council of Police Representative Associations (ICPRA). In 2003, the original "Canadian Police Association" was merged with the National Association of Professional Police to form the Canadian Professional Police Association. At their annual convention in Victoria, British Columbia in August 2006, Canadian Professional Police Association members agreed to revert the name back to the Canadian Police Association because it was more recognizable and user friendly.

Part of the mandate of the Canadian Police Association is to "lobby governments on police related legislative and policy issues." The Canadian Police Association first registered as a lobbyist, with Tom Stamatakis as President on November 13, 2003. Since 2003, the CPA has lobbied Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB), Canadian Pension Commission (CPC), Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), Finance Canada (FIN), Health Canada (HC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), Justice Canada (JC), National Research Council (NRC), Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB), Public Works and Government Services Canada, Revenue Canada (RC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Solicitor General Canada (SGC), Statistics Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), and the Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS). The Director of the Canadian Police Association is Tom Stamatakis, who was President of the Vancouver Police Union. Stamatkis is also Chair of the International Council of Police Representative Associations (ICPRA).

The Canadian Police Association is promoting an initiative for police officers' rights. The association argues that the nature of police work requires members of police services to accept risks in order to preserve public safety, and that police officers are often called upon to intervene in situations when the safety of others as well as their own may be at risk. The Canadian Police Association states that police officers accept this risk, with the expectation that they will be properly supported by their employers, lawmakers and the justice system when they are the subject of malicious attacks, including malicious allegations with respect to conduct. In Canada the statutory authority regarding policing is governed by federal law, provincial law and often municipal by laws. The laws, policies and practices concerning the support and treatment afforded to police officers often vary by jurisdiction. The Canadian Police Association is therefore promoting a "Police Officers' Bill of Rights". The association seeks to have this Bill of Rights adopted by federal, provincial and municipal governments, as a basic and consistent set of principles governing the standards applied to their members.

According to a public advisory by the Calgary Police Foundation (CPF) the CPA had a contract with Front Line Support Inc, a professional for profit fundraising telemarketer with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario and Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The Calgary Police Foundation sought to clarify that the CPF was not involved in a Canadian Police Association (CPA) fundraising campaign "to allow underprivileged families to attend a CPA hosted Stampede Family Fun Day."

In his 2000 book entitled Police: Current Issues in Canadian Law Enforcement, sociologist Dennis Forcese described "the role and militancy of police unions."

In 2016, a BC Human Rights Tribunal observed that the "noted that lobby groups like The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police do almost nothing but advocate for law reform, and theirs cannot be the only legitimate voice."