Winnipeg police chief’s contract extended
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This article was published 29/11/2023 (733 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Winnipeg police chief Danny Smyth will be granted a contract extension into the new year.
The Winnipeg Police Board has given verbal assurances to Smyth, who has been chief since 2016, that the contract will be extended six months so he can finish his two-year term as president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. That term ends next summer.
Coun. Markus Chambers, who is chairman of the Winnipeg Police Board, said the board agreed in 2022 to allow Smyth to put his name forward to serve as association president.
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Winnipeg police chief Danny Smyth will stay in his postition for at least another six months, Coun. Markus Chambers confirmed Wednesday.
“The current board says we will honour that commitment,” Chambers said on Wednesday. “We’ve also given him a letter.”
The board will discuss the matter publicly at its board meeting next week.
The chief’s current contract, a two-year extension of his original five-year contract, was set to expire Nov. 30.
That extension was given eight months before his contract was going to expire and Chambers said at the time the chief had done a good job engaging with the community, including with the Bear Clan and the Main Street Project.
Smyth could not be reached for comment.
Earlier this month, police spokesman Const. Claude Chancey told the Free Press “the chief is not interested in providing information regarding his retirement plans.
“There is no forecast as to whether or not he will wish to do so in the future.”
Winnipeg Police Association president Cory Wiles could not be reached for comment.
Last year, when the union which represents police officers heard Smyth was seeking a contract extension behind the scenes, its then-president said they weren’t happy with that because crime was soaring, they had concerns about the chief’s leadership, and morale was low.
“The majority of our membership has lost confidence in the chief’s ability to lead,” then-president Moe Sabourin said.
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