Its constitution lays out the following objectives: policy advocacy, partnerships with sector and community partners, establishing ethical norms for the professional and information distribution.
In 2014, the association demurred when asked to take a stance on missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, citing a need to conduct further consultations before adopting an official position.
[12] In the late-2010s, the association has taken positions on improving response to people in mental crisis, as well as the role that drug decriminalization can play in facilitating safer policing outcomes.
[14] In 2018, after the Canadian legalization of marijuana, the association raised concerns about reaching training targets for police officers able to assess impairment in roadside settings.
[15] In 2020, the association made an apology on behalf of police chiefs for their role in persecution of LGBTQ+ individuals in Canada's history, and released a toolkit for engagement with those communities.
[16] In 2021, the association called for devolution of the power to use the National Public Alerting System for communication to citizens of emergency situations by contacting them by telephone.