Acting Detective Staff Sergeant June Dobson, Ontario Provincial Police

IF THE MEASURE OF COMMITMENT TO DUTY IS LIVING AND BREATHING YOUR JOB, THEN THIS OFFICER QUALIFIES IN THE HIGHEST SENSE. ANY JOB SHE HAS UNDERTAKEN WITHIN HER POLICING CAREER SHE HAS TAKEN HOLD OF WITH ZEAL AND PASSION. MOST OF HER CAREER HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE ISSUE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN. HER INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS ARE EXEMPLARY AND HER INTERVIEW SKILLS WITH VICTIMS OF ALL AGES ARE SENSITIVE YET THOROUGH. SHE TRULY CARES WHAT HAPPENS AND GIVES 110% TO SEE THAT EVERYONE IS TREATED FAIRLY AND WITH RESPECT. DURING HER CAREER SHE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AND MENTOR YOUNG OFFICERS AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR RECRUIT TRAINING, PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND A KIND EAR WHEN THEY NEEDED TO TALK. AN EVALUATOR WROTE, "NOT TOO OFTEN DO I MONITOR AN INSTRUCTOR WHO 'KNOCKS MY SOCKS OFF'. IT WAS A JOY TO BE IN YOUR CLASS. I COMMEND

L to R: Al Monteath, Dye and Durham, Acting Detective Staff Sergeant June Dobson, Ontario Provincial Police, Commissioner Gwen Boniface, Ontario Provincial Police

YOU ON AN EXCELLENT JOB". IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY AS THE PROVINCE'S ABUSE ISSUES CO-ORDINATOR SHE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING BUDGETS, IMPLEMENTING POLICY AND PLANNING AND INSTITUTING NEW INVESTIGATIVE INITIATIVES. AS AN INVESTIGATOR SHE HAS WORKED ON SEVERAL HIGH PROFILE CASES WHERE HER WORK ETHIC AND THE QUALITY OF HER CASE INVESTIGATION AND PREPARATION HAS GARNERED OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTATION FROM VARIOUS LEVELS OF POLICING AND THE COURTS. A CROWN ATTORNEY WROTE, "WORKING WITH SUCH A WILLINGLY CO-OPERATIVE AND HELPFUL OFFICER WHO PERSISTENTLY STRIVES TO BE THOROUGH RENEWS MY CONFIDENCE IN POLICING." AFTER A SENSITIVE INVESTIGATION OF MALE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS AT A FEMALE JAIL THE SUPERINTENDENT WROTE OF THIS OFFICER, "I WAS AMAZED WITH HER ABILITY TO BUILD A RAPPORT WITH THESE WOMEN. SHE WAS ABLE TO OVERCOME BARRIERS AND DEVELOP AN ELEMENT OF TRUST WITH THESE WOMEN. SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I EXPECTED FROM A POLICE OFFICER. THE FACT THAT SHE BELIEVED THEM AND TREATED THEM WITH COMPASSION AND RESPECT WENT A LONG WAY TO START THE HEALING PROCESS." THE LETTERS OF PRAISE AND COMMENDATION GO ON AND ON. AS PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED SHE NEVER HESITATES TO GO BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IN PROVIDING SERVICE TO HER AGENCY AND HER COMMUNITY. IN A LETTER FROM A COMMUNITY AGENCY SHE WAS PRAISED FOR "HER WILLINGNESS TO EXPEND CONSIDERABLE TIME IN PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE FAMILIES AND IN PREPARING THEM FOR THEIR COURT EXPERIENCES, HELPING TO MINIMIZE ANY SECONDARY TRAUMA. SHE SHOULD BE COMMENDED." IN ANOTHER CASE SHE WORKED WITH A FEMALE VICTIM FOR TWO YEARS WHILE THE VICTIM STRUGGLED WITH PERSONAL DEMONS WHILE TRYING TO COPE WITH THE COURT PROCESS. THE OFFICER ARRANGED FOR HER TO STAY IN A HOTEL NEAR THE COURT AND TO ADJUST SHE TOOK HER TO THE HOTEL TWO DAYS EARLY TO HELP WITH THE TRANSITION. THE OFFICER'S EFFORTS IN RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH A VARIETY OF AGENCIES AND POLICE SERVICES WORLD-WIDE HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING. SHE HAS THE VARIED AUDIENCES TO WHICH SHE SPEAKS AND THE POSTIVE RESPONSES SHE ALWAYS OBTAINS IS EVIDENCE OF HER INTEREST AND SKILL. THESE FEW EXAMPLES OF HER ABILITES MAKE THIS OFFICER A MOST WORTHY CANDIDATE FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL OF THEYEAR AWARD. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD IS PRESENTED TO ACTING DETECTIVE STAFF SERGEANT JUNE DOBSON OF THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE.