The Police Services Act requires every police service in Ontario to have a Police Services Board to provide governance and accountability. The Peterborough Lakefield Police Services Board, along with the Chief of Police, assumes the role of policy direction and administration of policing in our communities. Among its many specific duties the Board develops the Business Plan, determines general organizational objectives, priorities and establishes policy. The Board consists of five people, including two provincial, two municipal and one community appointee.

On behalf of the Peterborough Lakefield Police Services Board, I would like to thank Chief Terry McLaren and each of the civilian and sworn members of our Service. Thank you for applying your experience to every challenge confronting our Service and communities. You do a tough job well and effectively in the very highest tradition of public service. You are committed to our communities and responsive to our citizens.

May I thank my colleagues on the Board, too, for their thoughtful public service, and also Barbara Trotter who has been a devoted and outstanding Secretary of the Board for thirty-six years.

The Peterborough Lakefield Police Services Board will continue to ensure that citizens are served by a police service that is held to the highest standards, and that the dedicated members of the organization have the support they need.

Thomas H. B. Symons, C.C., O.Ont., FRSC., LL.D.
Chair