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• Roundtable: Structure of Policing in Nova Scotia
  • Members include:
    
    • Chief James Butler: Mr. Butler is currently the Chief of Police for the Kentville Police Service and has been in this role just under 1 year.
      
    • Mr. Harry Critchley: Mr. Critchley recently graduated from the Schulich School of Law and he is now an Articled Clerk in the Dartmouth Criminal Office at Nova Scotia Legal Aid.
    • Ms. Hayley Critchton: Executive Director of Public Safety and Security Division, acting in the role since May 2021 and permanently appointed November 2021.
    • Ms. Heidi Marshall: Co-founder of the Jane Paul Indigenous Resource Centre in Sydney, NS, which is the only centre east of Montreal specifically for Indigenous women in high-risk situations, living off-reserve.
    • Dr. L. Jane McMillan: Dr. McMillan is Chair of the Department of Anthropology, and the Special Advisor, Indigenous Research and Learning Partnerships, at St. Francis Xavier University.
    • Retired Deputy Chief William Moore (O.O.M.): Mr. Moore is presently the Public Safety Project Lead at Halifax Regional Municipality. He was formerly the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and previous to that was the Deputy Chief of Police in Halifax.
    • Dr. Scot Wortley: Dr. Wortley is a Professor in the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto.
  • Participant Representatives - Afternoon Session
    • Ms. Hayley Crichton, Executive Director, Public Safety and Security Division - Nominated by: Department of Justice Nova Scotia
    • Ms. Dawn Ferris, Executive Director, Autumn House
    • Kristina Fifield, Trauma Therapist, Avalon Centre
    • Dr. El Jones, Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University - Nominated by: BC Civil Liberties Association & East Coast Prison Justice Society
    • Ms. Mukisa Kakembo, Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia - Nominated by: Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia
    • Insp. Kurtis Kamotzki, District Policing Officer in H Divison - Nominated by: Department of Justice Canada
    • Mr. Hubert Martin, Nova Scotia H-Division South West District - Nominated by: National Police Federation
    • Mr. Steve Mills, Retired RCMP Officer - Nominated by: RCMP Veterans

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