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- ↑ Brad Blair – Deputy Commissioner, Traffic Safety and Operational Support
- ↑ "OPP Commissioner Hawkes speaking on campus". Nipissing University . Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ↑ "Ontario Newsroom".
- ↑ "Ontario Provincial Police". opp.ca. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
- ↑ "Order in Council 446/2017". ontario.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
- ↑ "Order of Merit of the Police Forces Investiture Ceremony". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 5 June 2017.