Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is supporting Sophie Roy to become the next interim police Chief in the city after Chief Sylvain Caron announced his retirement in March.
The Montreal police service is putting forward the name of Sophie Roy, deputy director of criminal investigations, to become the new interim chief of the SPVM, sources tell Radio-Canada.
The investment is one of $7-million worth of measures announced on Thursday during a news conference where Mayor Valérie Plante said the city is taking concrete steps on the short and long term to confront this “major societal problem.”
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