Posted by Sudbury Northern Life
Greater Sudbury Police Chief Ian Davidson has announced he will be retiring from the police service in May 2009.
He will be going to work as Ontario's Commissioner of
Community Safety in May 2009. Reporting directly to the Deputy
Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, this
position will assume overall accountability for public safety
strategies, emergency preparedness, fire protection services,
policing support, security services, Centre of Forensic Science
and the Ontario Police College.
Davidson joined the Ottawa Police Service in 1978. In 1999, he
and his family returned to their hometown of Sudbury, where he
became the police superintendent. In 2002, he was appointed
police chief.
"Chief Davidson has been a strong and very active community leader. The chief has truly made a difference in public safety in our community and in Ontario," said Dr. Rayudu Koka, chair of the Greater Sudbury Police Service.
