From the Prime Minister's Web Site (http://www.pm.gc.ca/)
Forty-four police personnel commended for exceptional service to Canada
May 19, 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
Forty-four Canadians were praised today by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, for their longstanding commitment to public safety and their communities.
These men and women have dedicated their lives to ensuring Canadas families are safe, our communities are strong and our country more secure. And every day they bring to their job qualities that are the essence of what makes Canada a great nation values, commitment and determination, said the Prime Minister. On the occasion of Police Week 2006, I would like to pay tribute to these outstanding individuals on behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians.
This morning, Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, invested forty-four Canadians into the Order of Merit of Police Forces. Recipients included twenty personnel from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, seven from the Sûreté du Québec, three from the Ottawa Police Service, two from both the Edmonton Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police, and one each from the following forces: Midland (Ontario), Nishnawbe-Aski (Ontario), York Regional (Ontario), Durham Regional (Ontario), Amherstburg (Nova Scotia), Brandon (Manitoba), Charlottetown (P.E.I), Peterborough (Ontario), Camrose (Alberta) and Gatineau (Quebec).
The Order was created in October 2000 to recognize exceptional service by members and employees of the Canadian police forces whose contributions extend beyond protection of the community. Today, fifteen officers and 29 members were invested.
OFFICERS
Assistant Commissioner Ian Edward Atkins, O.O.M - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Halifax, N.S.
Chief Inspector Jacques Beaupré, O.O.M. - Sûreté du Québec, Mascouche, Que.
Deputy Commissioner John F. Carson, O.O.M. - Ontario Provincial Police, Orillia, Ont.
Assistant Director General Steven Chabot, O.O.M. - Sûreté du Québec, Montreal, Que.
Assistant Director General Richard Deschesnes, O.O.M. - Sûreté du Québec, Montreal, Que.
Doctor Ronald M. Fourney, O.O.M.- Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Ont.
Chief Paul Hamelin, O.O.M. - Midland Police Service, Ont.
Deputy Commissioner Jay C. Hope, O.O.M. - Ontario Provincial Police, Orillia, Ont.
Director John M. Janusz, O.O.M. - Service de police de Gatineau, Que.
Chief Armand P. La Barge, O.O.M. - York Regional Police, Newmarket, Ont.
Chief B. W. (Wes) Luloff, O.O.M. - Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, Thunder Bay, Ont.
Assistant Commissioner Alistair Donald Macintyre, O.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Surrey, B.C.
Assistant Commissioner Darrell Wesley McFadyen, O.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Regina, Sask.
Staff Sergeant William Randall Munro, O.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Nanaimo, B.C.
Deputy Chief Susan P. E. OSullivan, O.O.M. - Ottawa Police Service, Ont.
MEMBERS
Staff Sergeant Dominic J. Broaders, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, St. Johns, N.L.
Chief F. Richard Bruce, M.O.M. - Brandon Police Service, Man.
Staff Sergeant John A. Buis, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Burnaby, B.C.
Chief Superintendent Ruby Drucilla Burns, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, St. Johns, N.L.
Constable Gérard Carrier, M.O.M. - Sûreté du Québec, Montreal, Que.
Chief Marshall L. Chalmers, M.O.M. - Camrose Police Service, Alta.
Superintendent Martin J. Cheliak, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Grand Prairie, Alta.
Inspector Paul Richard Darbyshire, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Vancouver, B.C.
Deputy Chief Bartolomeo DiPasquale, M.O.M. - Amherstburg Police, Ont.
Inspector Karl H. Erfle, M.O.M. - Ottawa Police Service, Ont.
Assistant Commissioner Barbara George, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Ont.
Sergeant Warren S. Gherasim, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Milton, Ont.
Inspector Douglas A. Handy, M.O.M. - Ottawa Police Service, Ont.
Chief Superintendent John Francis Henderson, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Ont.
Inspector Daniel B. Jones, M.O.M. - Edmonton Police Service, Alta.
Staff Sergeant James R. Kay, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Calgary, Alta.
Staff Sergeant Robert Frederick Kempf, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Ont.
Assistant Commissioner Roderick Robert Knecht, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Edmonton, Alta.
Captain Réal Lagacé, M.O.M. - Sûreté du Québec, Gatineau, Que.
Constable Joseph Robert Sylvain LHeureux, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Westmount, Que.
Constable Carol J.J. Locas, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Saint-Jérôme, Que.
Chief Terrence M. McLaren, M.O.M. - Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service, Ont.
Chief Superintendent Robert Wilfred Paulson, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Ont.
Chief Inspector Francis Pelletier, M.O.M. - Sûreté du Québec, Montreal, Que.
Deputy Chief Rod A. Piukkala, M.O.M. - Durham Regional Police, Oshawa, Ont.
Corporal Michael John Quinn, M.O.M. - Charlottetown Police Department, P.E.I.
Chief Inspector Mario Rancourt, M.O.M. - Sûreté du Québec, Montreal, Que.
Inspector John C. Ratcliff, M.O.M. - Edmonton Police Service, Alta.
Constable Walter J. Silver, M.O.M. - Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Windsor, Ont.
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