NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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ORILLIA - Chief Superintendent Rose DiMarco, Regional Commander of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Central Region and Nottawasaga Police Services Board are pleased to announce that Inspector Steve Clegg will become the new Detachment Commander of Nottawasaga OPP upon the retirement of Inspector Dirk Cockburn, the current Detachment Commander.
We would also like to thank Dirk for his leadership and commitment to public safety over the past 8 years in our Nottawasaga communities.
Detective Inspector Stephen Clegg has been a member of the OPP for the past 28 years.
Throughout his career, Detective Inspector Clegg has held investigative and management roles in specialized policing units including Drug Enforcement, Provincial Weapons Enforcement, Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Enforcement, Repeat Offender and Parole Enforcement and Anti-Racketeering investigations focusing on Organized Crime.
He was also assigned as the manager in charge planning of logistical operations for the Integrated Security Unit of the 2015 Pan-American games as well as Operations Chief in the Unified Command Centre during the operational phase of the games.
Currently, Detective Inspector Clegg is the Project lead of the OPP Cyber Strategy Implementation Team, tasked with creating an organization wide comprehensive strategy to address challenges associated with Cyber Crime.
Detective Inspector Clegg has an extensive amount of experience in policing multi-agency investigations and works closely with policing partners throughout the Province of Ontario as well as National and International investigative agencies.
He is an active participant of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) Substance Abuse Committee and is presently the co-chair of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) Drug Abuse Committee.
Detective Inspector Clegg is relied on regularly for guidance and support in developing new strategies or initiatives to combat the availability and distribution of Illegal drugs in our communities. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
Inspector Clegg is looking forward to his transition into Nottawasaga Detachment. “I am enthusiastically looking forward to working with various community partners and members of the detachment to continue to foster positive relations, public confidence and enhanced public safety across the Nottawasaga detachment area."
The Regional Command Staff of the OPP Central Region would like to thank Mayor Rick Milne of the Nottawasaga Police Service Board for his assistance in this selection process.
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