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Police Chief John Syrette has been a police officer since 1987 and began his policing career at his home community of Garden River as one of a three member Indian Special Constable office.
Prior to starting his policing career he attended Lake Superior State University and was a serving member of the Canadian Army (Reserves).
He worked in Garden River until January 1990 when he joined the Ontario Provincial Police and was posted to the Thunder Bay detachment. Among his duties, other than general law enforcement he was the #16 District liaison officer responsible for the First Nation communities in the District of Thunder Bay.
From January – March 1993 he was seconded to the Ontario Police College as the First Nations’ Liaison officer providing guidance and mentoring for the thirty First Nations recruits.
He transferred to First Nations Policing Program located at the O.P.P. Headquarters in Orillia in 1994. His duties included training and transport coordinator and later as the human resources coordinator for the First Nations Program communities.
In 1996 he left the O.P.P. and returned to operational policing with the Anishinabek Police Service at his home community of Garden River. He was later promoted and became the Regional Commander of the A.P.S. North Region as the service rapidly grew from four original communities to eighteen individual First Nations.
Prior to being promoted to Police Chief in December 2005 he also held the position of Director of Support Services.
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