Charles Bordeleau

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Charles Bordeleau
OOM
Chief of the Ottawa Police Service
In office
March 5, 2012 May 4, 2019
Profession Police officer
AwardsDean's Philos Award (2011)
Police career
AllegianceFlag of Ottawa, Ontario.svg  Ottawa
Department Ottawa Police Service
Service years1984–2019
StatusRetired
Rank Chief of Police

Charles J. Bordeleau [2] OOM is a retired Canadian police officer who served as the chief of police of the Ottawa Police Service from March 2012 until May 2019. Prior to this, he served as the city's deputy chief of police. [3]

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Born and raised in Ottawa, Bordeleau began his policing career in 1984, serving on numerous community organizations, including the Community Police Action Committee. He was also a member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Emergency Management Committee as well as the International Committee and the director for the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police's Zone 2. He also co-chaired the "Operation INTERSECT" Steering Committee.

Bordeleau received the Dean's Philos Award from the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management. He received his Master of Arts degree in disaster and emergency management from Royal Roads University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa. [4]

Career

In August 2010, Bordeleau was appointed as deputy chief of police of the Ottawa Police Service. [5] He held this position until March 5, 2012, when he was appointed as chief. He retired on May 4, 2019, and was succeeded by Peter Sloly. [6]

99 Rideau and McDonald's Canada

In April 2019, Bordeleau wrote a letter to McDonald's Canada CEO, John Betts, sharing his concerns regarding a McDonald's restaurant at 99 Rideau referred to as the Rideau McDonald's stating "Officers of the Ottawa Police Service attend this location on a daily basis to address issues including vagrancy, liquor licence violations, illicit drug use, and incidents of violence," and that he believed the McDonald's location was "breaching your established standards of operation." [15]

In response to Bordeleau's letter, McDonald's Canada reduced the restaurants hours from 24 hours to 6 am to 10 pm. The restaurant closed indefinitely in May 2023. [16]

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