Vancouver Police Change of Command Ceremony: New Chief Adam Palmer takes over

VAncouver Mayor Gregor Robertson with new Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer All photos by Chandra Bodalia
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson with new Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer
All photos by Chandra Bodalia

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Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson with outgoing Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu and new Police Chief Adam Palmer.
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson with outgoing Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu and new Police Chief Adam Palmer.

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Vancouver Police Superintendent Steve Rai (second from right) at the ceremony.
Vancouver Police Superintendent Steve Rai (second from right) at the ceremony.

THE transfer of command from outgoing Vancouver Police Chief Constable, Jim Chu, to the new Chief Constable, Adam Palmer, took place on Monday at a dignified ceremony at Vancouver Convention Centre attended by, among others, Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson.

Chu bid goodbye to members of the VPD while Palmer officially greeted his officers as the VPD’s 31st Chief Constable in the 129-year history of the department as he took command of more than 1,700 sworn and civilian members.