Weyburn Mayor Debra Button today has announced that City Councillor Rob Stephanson has been selected to serve as President of the Canadian Association of Police Governance (CAPG).
"This is a significant national group that makes decisions that affect the safety of Canadians all across the country. On behalf of everyone in Weyburn, I am very proud of Rob's achievement in being named to this distinguished position," Button said.
Stephanson has been a Weyburn City Councillor since 1996. He has also been a member of the Weyburn Board of Police Commissioners since 2003. He previously served on the CAPG executive as Treasurer.
"I have been attending the CAPG National Conferences since the Regina Conference held in 2011, which I found very interesting. I feel my experience, background and involvement with the Weyburn Police Service and with municipal government in general will assist me in providing leadership on national police governance issues," Stephanson said.
A Certified General Accountant by training, Stephanson also served as President of the Saskatchewan Association of Certified General Accountants for two terms as well as a number of boards and committees associated with this role. He is presently the representative on the Certified General Accountants Canada Board for the region of Saskatchewan, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
Stephanson is an active member of his community who has organized and chaired many events including, being active in organizing the 2004 Saskatchewan Summer Games and being active in the local Young Fellows Club of Weyburn service club.
Canadian Association of Police Governance (CAPG) is the only national organization dedicated to excellence in police governance in Canada. It was previously named the Canadian Association of Police Boards. Since 1989, CAPG has worked diligently to achieve the highest standards as the national voice of civilian oversight of municipal police. It has grown to represent more than 75 municipal police boards and commissions across Canada that together employ in excess of 35,000 police personnel - approximately three-quarters of the municipal police personnel in Canada.
Members of municipal police boards and commissions are locally elected officials and citizen representatives who play a valuable role in their communities.
