Charles Bordeleau

Charles Bordeleau was the Chief of Police of the Ottawa Police Service. He was sworn on March 5, 2012 and retired May 2019. [3]

Charles Bordeleau
Born
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Police career
DepartmentOttawa Police Service
Service years1984-2019
StatusRetired
RankChief of Police (March 5, 2012)
Deputy Chief of Police[1]
Awards2011 - Dean's Philos Award from the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management
AppointmentMarch 5, 2012
PredecessorVernon White (Succeeded By Peter Sloly in 2019 [2])
AppointmentDeputy Chief of Police, August 2010

Born and raised in Ottawa, Bordeleau began his policing career in 1984, serving on numerous community organizations, including the Community Police Action Committee. He is also a member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Emergency Management Committee as well as the International Committee, he is also the Director for the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police's Zone 2 and he co-chairs the "Operation INTERSECT" Steering Committee.

Bordeleau received the Dean's Philos Award from the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management. He received his master's degree in Disaster and Emergency Management from Royal Roads University and a Bachelor of Administration Degree from the University of Ottawa.[4]

Controversies
  • In 2020, now retired Chief Bordeleau was called before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to respond to allegations made by Cst. Khoa Hoang that as Chief, Bordeleau oversaw an administration of the Ottawa Police Service that racially discriminated against Cst. Hoang and harassed him in order to try to bully him into dropping his claims of discrimination. [5]
  • A civilian background investigator resigned in protest over Chief Bordeleau's controversial decision to hire a recruit of Somalian ancestry who had not passed the background check. Troublesome issues had been found in this applicant's background, including 16 traffic convictions, 4 license suspensions and an alleged effort to obtain a new Drivers Licence while suspended.[6]
  • Chief Bordeleau's office placed a phone call to Traffic Court enquiring who was prosecuting the matter involving his father in law, Lester Thompson ( himself a former Chief of Police of the City of Gloucester). The charge against his father in law was later withdrawn by the Prosecution and an investigation looking into wrongdoing later cleared Chief Bordeleau.[7][8]
  • Chief Bordeleau declined to investigate misconduct allegations against a fellow Senior officer in charge of internal affairs and who was allegedly a personal friend of the Chief.[9]
  • The Police Association President claimed that Chief Bordeleau has lost the confidence of his members.[10]
  • The Police Association launched a formal complaint alleging Chief Bordeleau mislead the Police Services Board regarding the use of private security presently being used in courthouses and that the privatization of the Ottawa Courthouse security was supported by the Attorney General. The Police Association claims that the Attorney General never gave such an endorsement.[11]
  • An unnamed Ottawa Police Service lawyer and at least two unnamed senior officers are investigated by the Ontario Provincial Police for evidence tampering and obstruction of justice in relation to criminal charges laid against their own members in a training accident.[12]

References
  1. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/03/02/ottawa-police-chief-new.html
  2. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/02/20/ottawa-vern-white-chief-over.html
  3. "Police Chief Charles Bordeleau set to retire in May". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2012-10-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Ottawa police officer alleges racial discrimination". 2018-04-03. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  6. "Ottawa police background investigator resigns, says Somali-Canadian hired for 'political reasons'". 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  7. "Police Chief Bordeleau cleared of misconduct allegations in traffic ticket case". 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  8. "Despite declaring conflict, prosecutor handled former police chief case". 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  9. "Police chief declines to investigate misconduct allegations against officer in charge of internal affairs". 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  10. "SHERRING: Bordeleau under fire from police association". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  11. "Relations are deteriorating within Ottawa Police". Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  12. "Updated: Ottawa police chief asks OPP to investigate senior officers for alleged evidence manipulation". Ottawa Citizen. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-05-12.


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