NEWS DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com served as the operations commander for Milton and Halton Hills, district com- The Halton Regional Po- mander for Oakville, criti- lice Service hasanewdepu- cal incident commander for ty chief. _~major public safety inci- Deputy Chief Roger Wil- dents and recently as the kie was sworn into the new role June 28 during a cere- mony at the Harbour Ban- quet and Convention Cen- commander of emergency services, training and hu- man resource services. "Roger's career has been tre in Oakville. a remarkable one," said "It's truly humbling and Deputy Chief Nishan Du- an honour to serve in that raiappah. capacity," said Wilkie. "With his promotion "When you start policing I don't think you ever be- lieve it is going to come to this. Through a lot of sup- port and encouragement Deputy Chief Wilkie will now be responsible for the following areas of our orga- nization. The regional iif- vestigative services, the in- from coworkers and telligence bureau, the drug friends, and my family, and morality, unit, human things just kind of lined up trafficking, = polygraph, this way. I'm very fortunate ° technological crime, do- the (Halton Regional Police = mestic violence, the child Service) board sees some- thing in me and has the con- fidence in me to carry out this very important role." "Wilkie's promotion fol- lows the departure of-for- mer deputy chief Carol Crowe, who retired from the police service at the end of April 2018. Wilkie, who graduated from Burlington's Nelson High Schoel, has called the Halton community home abuse and sexual assault, homicide, forensic identifi- cation, frauds, corporate service, facilities, finance; fleet, purchasing, support services, communications, courts and records, human resources, training, emer- gency services and victim services." Duraiappah said Wilkie believes community safety and well-being is a shared responsibility and says the for 30 years. new deputy chiefis commit- He began his career with ted tomobilizing and engag- the Halton policein1996and ing the community and key has served in uniform oper-- ations in all four of Halton's municipalities. He has also worked in the drug unit, mobile sur- veillance unit, homicide unit, criminal investiga- tions bureau, domestic vio- lence unit and as an execu- tive officer to the deputy chief. Additionally Wilkie has stakeholders to ensure that Halton Region is as safe to- morrow as it is today. He said Wilkie also be- lieves in the importance of collaborative and co-ordi- nated service delivery and said he was instrumental in the development of the Hal- ton Region's Situation Table strategy and community safety and well-being plan. WISH 2018 Cadillac Escalade ESV HE RRs" Halton police swear in new deputy chief -- Halton Plt] LES Graham Paine/Metroland Halton Regional Police Deputy Chief Roger Wilkie holds up his new badge, as he's joined by fellow Deputy Chief Nishan Duraiappah, left, and Chief of Police Stephen Tanner. Wilkie is also a graduate of the police executive lead- ership program from the University of Toronto's Rot= man School of Manage- ment. "Roger's qualifications are just an outcome of the individual he is," said Du- raiappah. "Most of all, and I think all of us here will not deny that from the very first day Roger has always been an outstanding police officer. That is the core of who he is." Duraiappah noted Wil- kie's nickname around the office is the T-1000, a refer- ence to the unstoppable lig- uid metal character in Ter- minator 2. : He said Wilkie earned that nickname through his work ethic, discipline and commitment to his job. SAVE OVER II, WES YY = §17,000!! Duraiappah said this commitment to Halton po- lice is exceeded only by Wil- kie's commitment to. his wife and two children. Halton Police Chief Ste- phen Tanner also spoke during the ceremony, con- gratulating Wilkie for earn- ing this promotion, as he has earned every other pro- motion and achievement throughout his career with Halton police. "This one, as the others did, will come with not only daily challenges, but also with daily opportunities," said Tanner. "I want to tell you, and I will remind you from time to time, deal with the chal- lenges and spend much more of your time and ener- gy on the opportunities." Tanner noted that as a team he looks forward to working with Wilkie to make the environment the safest it can be for the mem- bers of the police service and to make Halton Region even safer for its citizens. Halton Regional Police Service Board chair and Oakville Mayor Rob Burton thanked Crowe for her ser- vice and noted that with the dedication of Halton police, Halton will continue to be among the safest communi- ties in Canada. After taking his oath of office those present heard from Wilkie who said his love of policing began as a young child. He said a~family friend was a highway patrol offi- cer and would let Wilkie and other children play in his cruiser. "It is interesting I was "hooked at such an early age. 905-878-2355 | WALLACECHEV:COM| 801 MAIN ST. E. MILTON --- It was about lights and si- rens and catching bad guys," said Wilkie. "As I grew up that dream of being a police officer nev- er really changed, but the idea of why did. Being in- volved in my community and giving back, that was critical to me in whatever "my career choice was going to be. I was fortunate the Halton Regional Police Ser- vice gave me a.chance back in 1996." Wilkie said the police service is truly a brother- hood and a sisterhood and vowed to leave the Halton Regional Police Service a better place than when he started. "There is a lot of impor- tant work to do ahead," he said. "I look forward to the challenges." VISIT US TODAY! = 598 kK #186 Stor, 8102 'ZL AInp 'Aepsuny) | uodwey) uepeue) LOIN - = woo uojjeyapisul