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New Mission police chief chosen

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Insp. Richard Konarski was announced Thursday as Mission's new chief of police.

A man who has made Mission home for the past 12 years has been chosen as the community's new RCMP chief of police.

Insp. Richard Konarski has been a Mountie for 33 years, and comes to Mission from 91Ô­´´, where he served as operations support officer responsible for numerous duties including strategic planning and serious crime.

“The people of Mission have a champion for their community's most vulnerable groups in their new police commander," says Asst. Comm. Norm Lipinski, head of the RCMP's Lower Mainland District Regional Police Service. "Insp. Konarski's victim-centred domestic violence investigation protocols and training have been incorporated B.C.-wide. And he's a proven advocate for a wide variety of youth-at-risk initiatives and programs."

Konarski's start date is not fixed, but he will likely begin in July or earlier, said Paul Gipps, Mission's deputy chief administrative officer.



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