Staff Sergeant Brenda Glass, Halton Regional Police

THIS OFFICER MADE UP HER MIND TO BE A POLICE OFFICER WHEN SHE WAS 13 YEARS OLD. TODAY SHE IS IN HER 27th YEAR OF POLICING AND THROUGHOUT THOSE YEARS SHE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS INSPIRATIONAL, SUPPORTIVE, APPROACHABLE, ACCESSIBLE, ENCOURAGING AND A PHENOMENAL SUPPORTER OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. LOCALLY, PROVINCIALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY SHE IS KNOWN IN POLICING CIRCLES AS AN OFFICER WHO IS DEDICATED TO HER PROFESSION AND THE PROMOTION OF IT AS A CAREER CHOICE FOR WOMEN. SHE HAS MENTORED PEOPLE TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS AND HAS ENCOURAGED OFFICERS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL TO MENTOR OTHERS. SHE IS A DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL WHOSE ADVICE

L to R: Chief Superintendent Jay Hope, Ontario Provincial Police, Staff Sergeant Brenda Glass, Halton Regional Police

AND LEADERSHIP ARE OFTEN SOUGHT AFTER BY HER COLLEAGUES WITH THE HALTON REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE. SHE RECOGNIZES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OTHERS AND OFTEN SUBMITS NOMINATIONS TO ONTARIO WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN FACT SHE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND WAS THE CO-ORDINATOR OF THE FIRST ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET FIVE YEARS AGO. HER OFF-DUTY LIFE HAS SEEN HER INVOLVED IN SEVERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHERE SHE HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS. THESE INCLUDE MENTORING A NINE-YEAR OLD GIRD TO ASSIST IN HER DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR; CO-ORDINATING 25 OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ASSIST WITH THE OPENING OF CAMP TRILLIUM, A CAMP FOR CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM CANCER AND THEN VOLUNTEERING HERSELF AS A CAMP COUNSELLOR. ON WOMEN IN POLICING AT THE CANADIAN POLICE COLLEGE IN OTTAWA AND ATTENDED THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN POLICING CONFERENCE IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA WHERE SHE REPRESENTED CANADA AND MADE A PRESENTATION ON POLICE TRAINING IN ONTARIO. SHE JOINED THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN POLICE IN 1983 AND HAS ATTENDED 17 CONFERENCES SINCE THAT TIME OFTEN ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO ATTEND. IN 1997 SHE WAS CALLED A "CHIC WITH GUTS" WHEN SHE RAISED $3,000 SINGLE-HANDEDLY THEN HAD HAIR SHAVED OFF AT THE FIRST HALTON REGIONAL "COPS FOR CANCER SHAVE-A-THON". THIS OFFICER'S CAREER HAS TAKEN HER TOT HE FIELDS OF TRAINING BOTH WITHING HER SERVICE AND AT THE ONTARIO POLICE COLLEGE. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OPC WROTE "TO SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SECONDMENT OF THIS OFFICER WOULD BE A DRAMATIC UNDERSTATEMENT. SHE HAS BROUGHT STABILITY, ENERGY AND FOCUS TO OUR BASIC CONSTABLE TRAINING PROGRAM." A STUDENT WROTE, "I HAVE APPRECIATED YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT OVER THE LAST FEW FEMALE FACE DURING THE HARDSHIPS!" HER NOMINATOR WROTE, "IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE WRITING THIS NOMINATION FOR A WOMAN SO TRULY DESERVING OF THIS AWARD." THE OWLE MENTORING AWARD IS PRESENTED TO STAFF SERGEANT BRENDA GLASS OF THE HALTON REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE.