Plant woo already its next chief of police

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Denis Gallant

Éric Thibault

Tuesday, 27-feb-2018 01:00

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The mayor of Montréal, Valérie Plante, has already begun courting candidates to take the helm of the SPVM in 2019, without waiting for the recommendations as the current chief has been in charge of him.

The Journal has learned from various sources that in recent weeks, the mayor has, in particular, approached Me Denis Gallant, whose five-year mandate at the head of the Office of the inspector general of the City of Montreal (BIG) has a term of one year, to see if he would like to lead the police force.

According to our information, the ex-prosecutor, star of the Charbonneau commission has not closed the door to the possibility of becoming the first civilian to fly to the SPVM.

Denis Gallant is on vacation outside the country, and it has not been possible to obtain his comments yesterday.

The office of the mayor has not confirmed nor denied our information.

“We have a very great respect for the work of Me Gallant as inspector-general “, mentioned yesterday, its director of communications, Marc-André Viau.

He reiterated that the administration Plant, the independence between the chief of POLICE and the town hall is ” very important “.

“The right profile “

Martin Prud’homme, who led the Sûreté du Québec, was given the reins of the SPVM for one year by the government Couillard, on the 6th of December last, following the report of the investigation’s devastating Me Michel Bouchard on the climate “extremely stretched” to the senior management of the police force and the “irregularities of very high concern” in its division of internal investigations.

The minister of public Safety, Martin Coiteux, he was given the mandate to ” make any recommendations that it deems useful to the City of Montreal and the minister regarding the appointment process of the director of the SPVM and the profile sought “.

According to our sources, Mr. Prud’homme has not yet submitted any to the mayor Plant, if it is not that his successor will have to “ensure the continuity” of the household initiated this winter.

This afternoon, the chief of arbiters will explain his strategy for the reorganization of the POLICE by testifying for the first time in front of the elected officials serving on the public safety Commission of Montreal, the session will be exceptionally open to the public.

“I find it very disappointing and surprising that the mayor Plant has taken such an initiative without consulting the mayors of the metropolitan area, as is the tradition when the time comes to choose a new police chief,” responded the mayor of Mont-Royal and vice-president of the Commission of public safety, Philippe Roy.

– With the collaboration of Stéphane Alarie