Weyburn Mayor Debra Button welcomed Inspector Marlo Pritchard as Weyburn's new Chief of Police at a press conference on January 20.
Inspector Pritchard has 29 years of experience in a very broad range of police activity including experience with SWAT teams and major crimes units. Since 2008, he has served as Aide-de-Camp for His Honour the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. He served two tours of duty as a Civilian Police Officer in the United Nations mission in Kosovo where he ultimately served as Deputy Station Commander responsible for approximately 150 officers and support personnel, coordinating the administration and operational requirements for the station.
He was worked as a project manager responsible for the financial, administrative and investigative oversight of a multi-agency task force, focused on specific violent inner-city gang activity, which included murders, robberies, home invasions and other related offenses. Just prior to joining the Weyburn force, Pritchard was an inspector with the Regina Police Service where he was responsible for the administration of the Property Crimes section within the Criminal Investigation Division, which includes Street Crimes, Stolen Auto, SHOCAP, Robbery, Commercial Crime, Investigative Response, and the Regina Integrated Drug Unit.
"We are extremely happy to have an officer of Mr. Pritchard's qualifications in the Chief's job. I feel safer already having someone with his expertise on our team. I am eager to begin working with him and I know that the people of Weyburn will give him a very warm welcome," said Mayor Button.
The position of police chief was left vacant after former Chief Howard Georgeson recently stepped down to pursue other career opportunities. Pritchard was recruited after an extensive candidate search that included applicants 14 applicants from across the country, including applicants from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia.
