CONSTABULARY Superintendent Laurel Gittens has been promoted to Deputy Chief Constable on the recommendation of the Legal Affairs and Security Committee.
Because the six-month probation period will run into Gittens’ retirement, the majority of City Councillors voted to amend the Committee’s recommendation to take out the probation period.

The precedence of withdrawing the probation period was set in the past when Chief Constable Andrew Foo was not subjected to the six months.
Gittens’ promotion was effective from November 1, 2017.