CHIEF FRANK ELSNER takes over his new post January 1st. Elsner was chosen in October and sworn in this Monday.

His previous post of 4 years was in the Greater Sudbury Police Service.

He is a graduate of SOSS class of 1981.

With over 30 years of policing experience, Chief Elsner has worked in police services across the country including the RCMP, Ontario Provincial Police, Thunder Bay Police Service and the Owen Sound Police Service. He has had a strong and varied career, having worked in uniform patrol, criminal investigations, intelligence, training and emergency operations divisions as well as various administrative areas.

Chief Elsner has been awarded with the Order of Merit of the Police Forces by the Governor General of Canada, the Police Exemplary Service Medal, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller Medal.

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