The head of the Laval police department, Pierre Brochet, will apply for the position of director of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, learned The Press from reliable sources.
Posted at 5:00 a.m.
Mr. Brochet worked for more than 25 years at the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) before succeeding Jean-Pierre Gariépy as head of the Service de police de Laval (SPL) in 2013.
During his long stint at the SPVM, Mr. Brochet was mainly assigned to gendarmerie operations. He was considered number two when Marc Parent was chosen director of the SPVM in the early 2010s.
For nine years, Pierre Brochet has led the SPL, which has more than 800 police and civilians.
It was under his leadership that the Équinoxe squad was created, a team inspired by the SPVM’s Eclipse group and which, like the latter, specializes in bar surveillance and intelligence gathering on organized crime.
Since the arrival of Pierre Brochet, the SPL has made the fight against organized crime a priority.
A few weeks ago, Mr. Brochet announced a 52% decrease in firearm discharge events in Laval this year – compared to last year – following the adoption of a new strategy aimed at to put pressure on the most dangerous individuals in the territory.
In recent years, Mr. Brochet notably launched a program called Justice and Equity aimed at improving relations between the police and cultural communities, and announced a major restructuring of the SPL providing for the closure of four neighborhood stations and the construction of a new police station.
For a year and a half, Pierre Brochet has been president of the Association of Quebec Police Directors, at the head of which he has made the promotion of the police profession his priority.
A coveted position
Current SPVM interim director Sophie Roy, deputy director Vincent Richer and VIA Rail head of investigations and former SPVM deputy director Jean-Ernest Célestin are other official candidates in the race, according to information obtained by The Press.
However, they would not be the only ones. The position was posted on October 12, and the posting period will end on Friday.
To be eligible, candidates must have worked for at least 20 years in a police organization and have at least seven years’ experience in management or in a leadership position.
According to the job offer, the salary is between $174,239 and $217,791, with a “maximum merit” of $261,347.
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