Bevan began his career as a police officer in July 1973. Before moving to Ottawa in 1998, he was part of the
Niagara Regional Police Service. During his career he had the chance to experience multiple assignments as uniform patrol, motorcycle patrol, special projects and criminal investigations. Bevan was also a member of the
Emergency Task Force for five years. He was heading the Green Ribbon task force, notably during the period of the
Paul Bernardo high-profile murders of two teenage girls,
Kristen French and
Leslie Mahaffy in the early 1990s. In March 1998, he became deputy chief of the Operations Support division and in April 2000, he became chief of the
Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police. In January 2001, he became the chief of the new
Ottawa Police Service as a result of the municipal amalgamation. In 2003, Vince Bevan was appointed an Officer of the
Order of Merit of the Police Forces by the
Governor General of Canada. Vince Bevan holds a bachelor's degree from
Brock University in business and politics. He successfully completed a number of courses at both the
Ontario Police College and the
Canadian Police College and holds certificates in police management studies, advanced police studies, and general police studies. He is also a graduate of the
National Executive Institute at the
FBI Academy in the United States. Chief Bevan is an active member of a number of associations, boards and committees such as: • Vice-president of the
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police •
Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences Advisory Board • Major Cities Chiefs • Ottawa
Big Brothers and Sisters • Interfaith Ottawa • Ottawa Distress Center •
United Way On March 9, 2004, he admitted Ottawa Police's role in
Maher Arar case of deportation and torture in Syria. The Canadian Commission of Inquiry, led by
Dennis O'Connor, later revealed details about the Ottawa Police role in the affair. The final report exonerated Arar of all the accusations against him and pointed out to the role the police forces had in the case. On December 6, 2006, RCMP Commissioner
Giuliano Zaccardelli resigned from his post as Commissioner effective December 15, 2006, following the Report of the commission. In July 2006, Vince Bevan announced that he would retire as Ottawa's police chief, officially ending his term, on March 31, 2007.
Durham Regional Police Service Chief and former
RCMP officer Vernon White was appointed as Bevan's replacement. == References ==