Bob Paulson, Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wednesday April 10, 2013 - Calgary Roundtable Event - Bill C-42, Enhancing the RCMP Accountability Act: Moving the RCMP into the Present and Positioning for the Future
Mr. Paulson joined the RCMP in 1986 in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Prior to joining the RCMP, Mr. Paulson spent almost seven years in the Canadian Armed Forces. From 1986 to 2005, Mr. Paulson served in various locations in British Columbia doing municipal, provincial and federal policing. This includes work related to unsolved homicides, aboriginal and community policing, and investigating organized crime. In 2005, Mr. Paulson transferred to National Headquarters in Ottawa, where he served as Director General, Major and Organized Crime Intelligence Branch, Director General, National Security Criminal Operations, Assistant Commissioner, National Security Criminal Investigations and Assistant Commissioner, Contract and Aboriginal Policing Services. In November 2010, he was appointed Deputy Commissioner, Federal Policing.
Mr. Paulson became the 23rd Commissioner of the RCMP on November 21, 2011.
In November of 2012, Commissioner Paulson was elected to the Executive Committee of Interpol as the Delegate for the Americas.
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