Toronto City Coun. Shelley Carroll is the new chair of the Toronto Police Service Board, unseating the incumbent in a split vote at board meeting on Tuesday.
The long-time city councillor, who represents Ward 17, received support from three other members of the civilian board, narrowly defeating the current chair Ann Morgan.
“I really think that I can offer the board a bold step forward,” Carroll said during the police board meeting on Tuesday morning. “We do have an amazing chief and a very talented senior command right now and I think if we take those two bodies together, we really can achieve what I’m hoping to achieve, which is a mutual trust in the community and the ability to go forward together.”
“It is important to point out that the role of the chair is not a popularity contest, it is not a profile builder, it is not a power play. It is essentially a determination who can demonstrate the leadership while actually supporting and governing TPS,” Morgan, a retired prosecutor, said.
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