Our expert staff includes James Drennan a former Bureau Commander for the OPP Academy and former CAO of Canada’s largest police association.
Bruce Malcolm, a seasoned recruiter with 30 years’ + experience – a proven track record for recruiting Police Chiefs. Advisor Murray Rodd who has an established reputation in front-line emergency services formerly Chief of Peterborough Police ( retired)
Over the past few years our team has completed assignments with Saugeen Shores,
Peterborough, Stratford, Prince Albert and City of Windsor to recruit new Chiefs.
We also worked for the City of Richmond BC on the recruitment of a General Manager of Law & Security –the city is policed by the RCMP on a contract basis.
The GM role is the highest civilian. We are Ethical Headhunters™ actively searching for the best people, always keeping in mind that we are representing our client. We do our best to answer every inquiry politely and honestly.
Police Chief Specialist
New Brunswick
Bruce created and developed the A.S.K. Selection™ assessment process ( see page Appendix X). It is a proprietary, comprehensive selection tool that help clients better ensure ‘FIT’ when hiring. The process seeks to eliminate the dangers of ‘gut-level’ decision-making when choosing the ‘right’ candidate.
For most of his working life, Bruce has been involved with the development of ‘human capital. A known Talent Management expert, Bruce recognized early in his career that –
“… Getting the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus is the key to success” Jim Collins
Bruce began his recruiting career in the 1970s with Prudential Assurance Company, recruiting, training and mentoring junior executives. He followed this with five years in his own business in southwestern Ontario and Dallas Texas. Bruce returned to Canada in 1984 to head up Executive Recruiting at Keith Bagg & Associates a Toronto based search/personnel firm.
He launched Ravenhill in 2002 where he recruited for a variety of senior roles such as General Manger, CFO, CEO, Director and Executive Director. Since 2006, he has been a municipal recruiting specialist.
Managing Partner Ravenhill Group Inc 2002 – present
B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., C. Crim.
Police Chief Specialist
Based in New Brunswick
Jim joined Ravenhill Group in 2014 to lend his very credible experience to our Front-Line Emergency Services initiatives. Former Dean, School of Justice and Business Studies, Fleming College.
Jim was the Chief Administrative Officer of Canada’s largest police association and union, the 8,000 member Ontario Provincial Police Association, involved in all aspects of labour relations and collective bargaining. He is a founding Co-Chair and Member of the Canadian Police
Jim holds diplomasSector Council in Ottawa. t and Leadership, Crime and Deviance, Law Enforcement and Administration, Labour Relations, General Police Studies. He also holds degrees in Criminology, a Master’s degree in education and a Doctorate in Criminal Justice.
James Drennan is a standing member with the ‘Rank Determination Board’ of the OPP. This board is responsible for investigations, selections and recommendations to the Commissioner for all municipal police executive ‘Deputy Chiefs and Chiefs of Police.
When a municipal police service was amalgamated into the OPP process involved investigations, interviews and qualification examination of municipal Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs to serve at a comparable rank in the OPP.
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