Toronto police appoint 3 new deputy chiefs
Posted August 23, 2017 5:47 pm.
Last Updated August 23, 2017 5:56 pm.
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After a nationwide search the Toronto Police Services Board has found three new deputy chiefs.
The board announced Wednesday that three officers have been promoted to the post: Staff Supt. Peter Yuen, Supt. Barbara McLean and Insp. Shawna Coxon.
The new appointments mark the first time two women have been appointed to the position of deputy chief in the Toronto Police Service (TPS).
In a press release, board Chair Andy Pringle said the three appointees are “innovative and inspirational leaders.”
“The board is proud to announce the appointments of these three excellent police leaders as our newest deputy chiefs of police, with their extraordinary expertise in community policing, human resources, diversity and inclusion, fiscal responsibility, mentorship and strategic management,” he said.
Each of the new deputy chief’s has a distinguished record and several decades of service under their belts.
Yuen has served in the Toronto police force for 30 years. Before his appointment, he was the staff superintendent in charge of Corporate Risk Management and is known for his expertise in the area of Asian organized crime. He also serves as the senior advisor to the police service’s East and South Asian Internal Support Networks.
McLean has been a member of the force for 28 years. Prior to her appointment, she was a superintendent and unit commander of 54 and 55 divisions. She has also been a domestic violence and sexual assault investigator and took on the role of transformation lead on TPS’s human resources modernization project. McLean is the founder and current senior advisor of the service’s LGBTQ Internal Support Network.
Coxon has served on force for 20 years and was an Inspector with Strategy Management before her latest appointment. She is known for her role in implementing the cyber crime team and the service’s internal support networks, as well as organizing the first police-led racially-biased policing conference. She has served as a frontline officer and supervisor, a professional standards investigator, a human rights advocate and an adjunct professor for more than a decade.
The three new deputy chiefs will be introduced at a police board meeting and assume their new roles on Thursday.
