Weyburn Mayor Debra Button recently announced that City Councillor Rob Stephanson has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Police Boards (CAPB.)
"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 for the last 16 years. He has also been a member of the Weyburn Board of Police Commissioners for nine years.
"I attended the 2011 CAPB Conference in Regina, SK which I found very interesting. I feel my experience, background and involvement with the Weyburn Police Service and with Mayors and Councillors across Saskatchewan will assist me in ensuring the issues affecting policing in our province are brought forward at the Board table," 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 Boards (CAPB) is the only national organization dedicated to excellence in police governance in Canada. Since 1989, CAPB 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.
