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The Calgary Police Association

The Calgary Police Association is a professional police labour relations organization dedicated to providing quality support service for its Members. The CPA actively pursues positive change for the employment and professional interests of its members, and defends those same interests. It sets clear objectives based on our role as a labor union and is creative and innovative in making and carrying out initiatives to achieve these goals.

Through appropriate business processes and methods, the CPA seeks to operate effectively, efficiently and with impact. We at the CPA strive to conduct our objectives with prudent financial accounting.

Negotiations

We conduct collective bargaining agreements between the Association and the City of Calgary, which include salary and employment conditions.

Grievances

We are responsible for filing, on behalf of the member, any breaches of the Collective Agreement and advancing the grievance.

Advice

We assist and provide guidance to those members that have been alleged to have contravened any provision of the Police Service Regulation.

Legal Counsel

We provide guidance and legal counsel to those members that have been alleged to have committed a Criminal Offence while in the execution of their lawful duties as a Police Officer.

Charity Funds

We maintain charitable funds which include bursaries for children of members entering a recognized post-secondary institution.

Social Events

We organize family related functions to promote the social well-being of the members.

Negotiations
We conduct collective bargaining agreements between the Association and the City of Calgary, which include salary and employment conditions.
Grievances
We are responsible for filing, on behalf of the member, any breaches of the Collective Agreement and advancing the grievance.
Advice
We assist and provide guidance to those members that have been alleged to have contravened any provision of the Police Service Regulation.
Legal Counsel
We provide guidance and legal counsel to those members that have been alleged to have committed a Criminal Offence while in the execution of their lawful duties as a Police Officer.
Charity Funds
We maintain charitable funds which include bursaries for children of members entering a recognized post-secondary institution.
Social Events
We organize family related functions to promote the social well-being of the members.

The Calgary Police Association has outlined some objectives to best serve its Members and the Citizens of Calgary. These objectives include the following:

Act as the primary collective bargaining unit under the Police Officers Collective Bargaining Act, to negotiate and administer collective agreements over wages and working conditions and to comply with the Act in terms of member representation that is not arbitrary, discriminatory or in bad faith

To enhance the status of its members by bargaining for improved wages, working conditions and benefits

To provide assistance to members investigated and/or charged in relation to disciplinary offences while engaged in their lawful duties as police officers;

To provide the membership with the highest quality of police association management and to build upon this objective through open communication, receptiveness and new ideas;

To work towards establishing a closer bond and encourage maximum cooperation in all matters of mutual interest between members of the Association

To influence the criminal justice system by representing the interests of Association members and the citizens of Calgary through lobbying efforts at the municipal, provincial and federal levels

To foster an environment of integrity, trust and mutual respect between its members and the citizens of Calgary

For Our Members

Member Login

Member Portal

Active Calgary Police Members can access our Management System, where the following services are available to them:

Manage

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Appointments, inquiries and case management.

Stay Tuned

NEWS

Stay up-to-date with what’s going on. Events, Tournaments, Awards and more…

Chat

FORUM

A place for the membership to chat with each other and the board.

To Our Fallen Members

Their fellow officers and the citizens of Calgary will always remember them as the devoted police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice for the protection of their community.