Peter Sloly

Peter John M. Sloly, OOM (born 5 August 1966) is a Canadian police officer who is Ottawa Chief of Police, and a former soccer player. He is the former deputy chief of the Toronto Police Service (Divisional Policing Command and Operational Support Command 2009-2016) and was a member of the Toronto Police for 27 years.[2] He is also a former soccer player who represented the Canadian national team in 1984.

Peter Sloly

OOM
Sloly in 2011
Born
Peter John M. Sloly

(1966-08-05) 5 August 1966
Kingston, Jamaica
Alma materMcMaster University (BA)
York University (MBA)
Police career
CountryToronto Police Service
Service years1988[1] – 10 February 2016
StatusOttawa Chief of Police
Rank2009 – 10 February 2016: Deputy Chief
Association football career
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
McMaster Marauders
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986 Toronto Blizzard
1987 North York Rockets 19 (0)
National team
1984–1985 Canada U20 18 (0)
1984 Canada 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He attended McMaster University, and after retiring as a player became a police officer eventually rising to the position of deputy chief on 22 September 2009. In 2015, he was considered a serious candidate to succeed Bill Blair as Chief of Police but was passed over in favour of Mark Saunders.[3][4]

In January 2016, Sloly gave a speech criticizing the size of the police budget as excessive, in which he said: "Until policing stops being focused and driven on that reactive enforcement model, it will continue to be exponentially costly." His comments were criticized by the Toronto Police Association and were viewed as a criticism of Chief Saunders.[5] On 10 February 2016 it was announced that Sloly had resigned as deputy chief and that he had approached the Police Services Board several months prior with a request that he be released from his contract, which was to have ended in December 2017.[2][6]

In August 2019, it was announced that he would become Chief of the Ottawa Police Service, effective 28 October 2019.[7]

Education

Sloly graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from McMaster University in 1989 and a Master of Business Administration from York University's Schulich School of Business in 2004.[8][9] Sloly also earned a Criminal Justice Certificate from the University of Virginia, an Incident Command System Certification from the Justice Institute of British Columbia, the Major City Chief's Police Executive Development Program, University of Toronto's Rotman Police Executive Leadership Program and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.[10]

Soccer career

He is also a former soccer player who earned one cap for the Canadian national side against Egypt in a friendly match on 2 November 1984.[11] He also played with the Canada men's national under-20 soccer team in the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.[12]

In 1986, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Blizzard.[13] In 1987, he played for North York Rockets in the Canadian Soccer League.[14]

Early life

Sloly was born in Kingston, Jamaica and moved to Scarborough at the age of ten.[15]

Personal life

Sloly lives in Toronto with his wife and two children; his daughter (born c. 2007 (age 13–14)) and son (born c. 2014 (age 6–7)).[10][15]

On 28 April 2016 Sloly was hired by Deloitte Canada to serve as a consultant handling risk and forensic practices projects.[16]

Awards

In 2011, he was the recipient of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame's Brian Budd Award.[17]

Honours

References
  1. Johnston, Malcolm. "CITY Deputy police chief Peter Sloly on running to succeed Bill Blair, and the first item on his agenda if he does: race". Toronto Life. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. "Toronto deputy police chief resigns in wake of speech". Globe and Mail. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  3. Royson James (19 April 2015). "Mark Saunders named Toronto's next police chief". Toronto Star. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. Betsy Powell; Jennifer Pagliaro (27 March 2015). "Two deputies in spotlight in search for a diverse police chief". Toronto Star. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  5. "Deputy chief Peter Sloly slams bloated police budget". Toronto Star. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. "Peter Sloly resigns as deputy Toronto Police chief after bombshell interview". Toronto Star. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  7. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/new-chief-peter-sloly-1.5255843
  8. "Toronto chef, deputy police chief honoured with new alumni award – Daily News". McMaster University. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  9. "York grad set to become newest Toronto deputy police chief". York University yFile. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  10. "Command Officers' biographies • Peter Sloly, Deputy Chief, Operational Support Command". Toronto Police Service. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
  11. "Canada Soccer". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  12. "Canada Soccer". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  13. Waddell, Dave (14 October 1986). "It was just one bad day for the Lancers". Newspapers.com. The Windsor Star. p. 18. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  14. "Rosters". NASL Jerseys. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  15. Malcolm Johnston (26 January 2015). "Deputy police chief Peter Sloly on running to succeed Bill Blair, and the first item on his agenda if he does: race". Toronto Life. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  16. "Ex-deputy police chief Peter Sloly's move to Deloitte 'a loss for policing' councillor says | The Star". thestar.com.
  17. "Canada Soccer Hall of Fame". www.canadasoccer.com.
  18. "The Governor General of Canada > Honours > Find a Recipient > Peter Sloly". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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