Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Staff Superintendent Peter Sloly – Toronto Police Service
Peter Sloly was born in Kingston, Jamaica and immigrated to Canada in 1976.

After arriving in Canada, he obtained a BA in Sociology from McMaster University and a Masters in Business Administration from York University’s Schulich School of Business.

Staff Superintendent Peter Sloly is in his nineteenth year as a police officer with the Toronto Police Service (TPS). In 1999, Peter Sloly became the youngest officer to be promoted to a senior officer rank in TPS history and is the highest-ranking Jamaican born police officer in Canada. He is presently in charge of the following units: Employment, Training, Staff Planning, Community Mobilization and Diversity Management.

Peter Sloly has also been the Unit Commander of the 55 Division, 53 Division and Corporate Communications. He has represented the TPS on numerous local, national and international peace making and community building initiatives including: Mayor Miller’s “City Safety Plan”, the Toronto City Summit Alliance “Income Security Task Force”, the Jamaica Diaspora Conference, and the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo.

Among his career highlights are: outreach programs specific to the Black community, the Jamaican Canadian Diaspora and new immigrants that has improved the quality of life, he has championed a new innovative recruiting and hiring system for the TPS that has significantly increased the proportion of women and visible minorities in the Service, and he has organized youth specific programs including the Police/Youth Basket Ball League, Police/Youth Soccer League, Police/Youth Mentorship Program and the Newcomer Outreach Program.

Peter Sloly is a member of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers and has been on the Board of Directors for the following organizations: Harry Jerome Scholarship Fund, Covenant House and Spirit of the People Aboriginal Centre.

Throughout his career he has received the numerous awards including The Bob Marley Day Award, United Nations Peacekeeping Medal & Canadian Peacekeeping Medal, and the Certificate of Recognition – Minister of State, Multiculturalism & Status of Women.
Prior to his policing career, Peter Sloly was a professional soccer player with the Toronto Blizzard and he was a member of the Canadian National Soccer Team.

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