2026 Power Hour with Chief Truong

Start your morning with insight, access and meaningful conversation.

Power Hour is a new London Chamber of Commerce event series designed to connect members directly with prominent leaders and decision-makers shaping London and our region.

Each one-hour morning session will feature a respected community, business, government or industry leader sharing perspectives on timely issues, opportunities and developments that matter to London?s business community.

The format is simple and focused: a short presentation followed by an interactive Q&A, giving Chamber members the opportunity to hear directly from leaders, ask questions and gain valuable insight ? all within one powerful hour.

Whether the conversation is about economic development, infrastructure, government, innovation, investment, workforce or the future of our city, Power Hour puts Chamber members closer to the people and conversations helping shape what comes next.
 

What will we talk about?

What does it take to keep London safe—and what role can the business community play? Join Chief Thai Truong of the London Police Service for a candid conversation about policing in London, the issues affecting our community and what businesses need to know.

Chief Truong will share his perspective on the current state of public safety in London, emerging challenges facing the city and how the London Police Service is evolving to respond. He’ll also talk about the relationship between police and the business community, including how businesses can work with police to help prevent crime, improve safety and create a stronger, more connected community.

Who should attend? This Power Hour will be particularly valuable for business owners, executives, managers, downtown businesses, security and property professionals, and anyone with a role in workplace or community safety. It’s also an opportunity for London’s business community to hear directly from the Chief and ask questions about the issues that matter most to them.

Chief Thai Truong

Thai Truong was appointed Chief of Police for the London Police Service on June 1, 2023. He joined the Service following a distinguished career with the York Regional Police, where he served for more than two decades in progressively senior leadership roles across operations, investigations, administration, and support services.

Throughout his career, Chief Truong has led complex and high-risk investigative portfolios, including organized crime, drug enforcement, human trafficking, intimate partner violence, homicide, internet child exploitation, and special victims investigations. He is nationally recognized for his leadership in combatting human trafficking and advancing victim-centred investigative approaches.

Chief Truong has been qualified by both the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice as an expert in the areas of drug trafficking, human trafficking, and the commercial sexual exploitation of women and girls ? a distinction that reflects his depth of investigative expertise.

In recognition of his distinguished service and leadership contributions to policing in Canada, Chief Truong was appointed a Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces (M.O.M.), one of the country?s highest honours for policing professionals.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Windsor and has completed executive education programs at the York University Schulich School of Business and the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management.