Retired RCMP sergeant Paul Stetson has been hired as manager and investigator for the Office of the Police Commissioner.
P.E.I. Police Commissioner Gerard Mitchell announced the hiring Wednesday.
"I am very happy and fortunate to have been able to get someone of Mr. Stetson's stature in both the police community and in the community at large to take on this role," said Mitchell.
He said Stetson has a great deal of experience in investigation and management.
He spent 31 years in policing with the RCMP, many of them in positions of leadership and command.
Since 1996, he has been the co-ordinator and program manager for P.E.I. Crime Stoppers.
Stetson will be responsible for managing the routine operations of the Office of the Police Commissioner.
He will also carry out the duties assigned to an investigator under the new Police Act when it is proclaimed in full force.
Stetson will take up his new duties Feb. 1.
Stetson's job is to investigate and deal with complaints that come within the jurisdiction of the Office of the Police Commissioner "in a timely, impartial and fair manner," said Mitchell.
The Office of the Police Commissioner, created under the new Police Act, has a mandate to review decisions of municipal or community police chiefs and the director of the Atlantic Police Academy regarding complaints from the public about the conduct of officers under their command.
It also has a mandate to deal with complaints from the public about unprofessional conduct by police chiefs, security police officers and the director of the Atlantic Police Academy. However, the office has no mandate to deal with complaints against RCMP officers.
Complaints about RCMP go to the Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP.
Stetson joins staff of police commissioner
Stetson joins staff of police commissioner
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- Double double
- - June 21st, 2010 at 20:39:47
Is this not double dipping be a federal employee ? Man is there no competent civilian to oversee this function !
Optically skewed folks and tkes three to make any sense of it ! -
- Garth
- - June 21st, 2010 at 20:32:35
Why the second billing for this story?
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- Quiet
- - June 21st, 2010 at 19:50:35
I thought the whole point of Police Commission was to take the investigation of issues regarding police out of the hands of the police and put into a neutral hand.
No offence to Mr. Stetson, but he is a retired police officer, so once again we have the police investigating the police. there is a fraternity among police officers that will be preceived, whether it is real or not, to prevail.
A Commission must not only be neutral, it must be PERCEIVED to be neutral to gain the public trust.
