Vince Bevan
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Vince Bevan is the chief of police in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is of one of the largest police services in Canada, and he is one of only six Canadian chiefs in the Major Cities Chiefs Association.
Vince Bevan began his carrer as a police officer in July 1973. Before moving in Ottawa in 1998 he was part of the Niagara Regional Police Service. During his career he had the chance to experience multiple assignments as uniform patrol, motorcycle patrol, special projects and criminal investigations. Bevan was also a member of the Emergency Task Force for five years. He was heading the Green Ribbon task force, notably during the period of the Paul Bernardo high-profile murders of two teenage girls, Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy in the early 1990's [1].
In March 1998 he became deputy chief of the Operations Support division and in April 2000 he became chief of the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police. In January 2001 he became the chief of the new Ottawa Police Service as a result of the municipal amalgation.
In 2003, Vince Bevan was appointed an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces by the Governor General of Canada.
Vince Bevan holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Brock University in business and politics. He succesfully completed a number of courses at both the Ontario Police College and the Canadian Police College and holds certificates in police management studies, advanced police studies, and general police studies. He is also a graduate of the National Executive Institute at the FBI Academy in the United States.
Chief Bevan is an active member of a number of associations, boards and committees such as :
- Vice-president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
- Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences Advisory Board
- Major Cities Chiefs
- Ottawa Big Brothers and Sisters
- Interfaith Ottawa
- Ottawa Distress Center
- United Way
In 2006 he announced that he will retire in March 2007 when the new chief of police of Ottawa will be appointed.
