Peter Sloly
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| Chief of the Ottawa Police Service | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 28 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Charles Bordeleau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citizenship | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | McMaster University (BA) York University (MBA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Police officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter John Sloly OOM (born 5 August 1966) is a Canadian police officer who has served as the chief of police with the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) since 28 October 2019. Prior to joining OPS, Sloly was a member of the Toronto Police Service (TPS) for 27 years, including as a deputy chief of police for from 2009 to 2016. Prior to his police career, Sloly played soccer, including for the Canada men's national team in 1984.
Early, personal life and education[edit]
Sloly was born in Kingston, Jamaica and moved to Scarborough at the age of ten.[1] He lives in Ottawa with his wife and two children, a daughter and son.[2][1]
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from McMaster University in 1989 and a Master of Business Administration from York University's Schulich School of Business in 2004.[3][4] Sloly also earned a Criminal Justice Certificate from the University of Virginia, an Incident Command System Certification from the Justice Institute of British Columbia, the Major City Chief's Police Executive Development Program, University of Toronto's Rotman Police Executive Leadership Program and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.[2]
Soccer career[edit]
He is also a former soccer player who earned one cap for the Canadian national side against Egypt in a friendly match on 2 November 1984.[5] He also played with the Canada men's national under-20 soccer team in the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.[6] In 1986, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Blizzard.[7] In 1987, he played for North York Rockets in the Canadian Soccer League.[8]
He was the recipient of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame's Brian Budd Award in 2011.[9]
Police career[edit]
Toronto Police Service[edit]
After retiring as a soccer player, Sloly joined the Toronto Police Service in 1988,[10] where he served for 27 years. He was named deputy chief for Divisional Policing Command and Operational Support Command on 22 September 2009.[11]
In 2015, he was a candidate to succeed outgoing police chief Bill Blair, but was passed over in favour of Mark Saunders.[12][13]
In January 2016, Sloly gave a speech criticizing the size of the police budget as excessive, in which he said: "Until policing stops being focused and driven on that reactive enforcement model, it will continue to be exponentially costly." His comments were criticized by the Toronto Police Association and were viewed as a criticism of Chief Saunders.[14]
On 10 February 2016 it was announced that Sloly had resigned as deputy chief and that he had approached the Police Services Board several months prior with a request that he be released from his contract, which was to have ended in December 2017.[11][15]
Consulting[edit]
On 28 April 2016 Sloly was hired by Deloitte Canada to serve as a consultant handling risk and forensic practices projects.[16]
Ottawa Police Service[edit]
In August 2019, it was announced that he would become Chief of the Ottawa Police Service, effective 28 October 2019.[17]
Honours[edit]
- Member promoted Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces [2][18]
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal [2][18]
- Police Exemplary Service Medal [2][18]
- United Nations & Canadian Peacekeeping Medals [2] — UNMIK Kosovo[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Malcolm Johnston (26 January 2015). "Deputy police chief Peter Sloly on running to succeed Bill Blair, and the first item on his agenda if he does: race". Toronto Life. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Command Officers' biographies • Peter Sloly, Deputy Chief, Operational Support Command". Toronto Police Service. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
- ^ "Toronto chef, deputy police chief honoured with new alumni award – Daily News". McMaster University. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "York grad set to become newest Toronto deputy police chief". York University yFile. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Canada Soccer". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Canada Soccer". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Waddell, Dave (14 October 1986). "It was just one bad day for the Lancers". Newspapers.com. The Windsor Star. p. 18. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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- ^ "Canada Soccer Hall of Fame". www.canadasoccer.com.
- ^ "Deputy police chief Peter Sloly on running to succeed Bill Blair, and the first item on his agenda: race". Toronto Life. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Toronto deputy police chief resigns in wake of speech". Globe and Mail. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Royson James (19 April 2015). "Mark Saunders named Toronto's next police chief". Toronto Star. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ Betsy Powell; Jennifer Pagliaro (27 March 2015). "Two deputies in spotlight in search for a diverse police chief". Toronto Star. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Deputy chief Peter Sloly slams bloated police budget". Toronto Star. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Peter Sloly resigns as deputy Toronto Police chief after bombshell interview". Toronto Star. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Ex-deputy police chief Peter Sloly's move to Deloitte 'a loss for policing' councillor says | The Star". thestar.com.
- ^ "Peter Sloly named Ottawa's new police chief | CBC News".
- ^ a b c "The Governor General of Canada > Honours > Find a Recipient > Peter Sloly". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
External links[edit]
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Toronto police officers
- Canadian soccer players
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Jamaican emigrants to Canada
- Canadian police officers
- Canada men's youth international soccer players
- Toronto Blizzard (1986–1993) players
- North York Rockets players
- Canadian National Soccer League players
- Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992) players
- Sportspeople from Scarborough, Toronto
- McMaster University alumni
- York University alumni
- Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica
- Deloitte people
- Black Canadian soccer players
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