Today Durham Regional Police Chief Paul Martin announced he will be retiring this September after 30 years with the force.
Below is a link to his statement on the DRPS website and excepts here:
"let’s remember three things: our police service is made up of men and women who have made a choice to put themselves and their lives at risk to serve and protect you and me. That is an awesome commitment, one that we should never fail to honour. It’s a pledge of commitment that not many people would be willing to make, and it is one from which we all benefit daily."
"Do some fail under pressure to live up to that commitment? Of course. Do some allow the strain of the situations they face daily to make them hard and less careful in their use of their enormous power, yes. But that is not an indictment of the thousands of their brothers and sisters who do not."
"...as I close the policing chapter of my career and move to another I’d ask you to also remember this: Every Canadian has a role to play in this journey to evolve communities and community safety in Canada. In policing and at the DRPS we need your support, your feedback, your counsel, and most of all your understanding as we climb this hill together towards a new future of policing in Canada."
https://members.drps.ca/upload_files/Message_from_Chief_Paul_Martin_20207915832.pdf
Below is a link to his statement on the DRPS website and excepts here:
"let’s remember three things: our police service is made up of men and women who have made a choice to put themselves and their lives at risk to serve and protect you and me. That is an awesome commitment, one that we should never fail to honour. It’s a pledge of commitment that not many people would be willing to make, and it is one from which we all benefit daily."
"Do some fail under pressure to live up to that commitment? Of course. Do some allow the strain of the situations they face daily to make them hard and less careful in their use of their enormous power, yes. But that is not an indictment of the thousands of their brothers and sisters who do not."
"...as I close the policing chapter of my career and move to another I’d ask you to also remember this: Every Canadian has a role to play in this journey to evolve communities and community safety in Canada. In policing and at the DRPS we need your support, your feedback, your counsel, and most of all your understanding as we climb this hill together towards a new future of policing in Canada."
https://members.drps.ca/upload_files/Message_from_Chief_Paul_Martin_20207915832.pdf