ACC to honour former Winnipeg police chief
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This article was published 07/04/2020 (1979 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Assiniboine Community College has announced that it will be honouring former Winnipeg police chief Devon Clunis with an honorary diploma this fall.
“Devon Clunis has had a long and distinguished career centred around community, public safety and social equity,” college president Mark Frison said in a release. “We are thrilled to be celebrating him in front of graduates embarking on their careers, as his contributions to Manitoba over the decades serve as a model for what is possible in public safety occupations.”
Clunis was originally going to receive the honour at the police studies final inspection ceremony on May 1, but that event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Like all graduation ceremonies that were to be held during the spring, that ceremony and Clunis’ award will be postponed until the week of Oct. 26.
The Jamaica-born former chief joined the Winnipeg Police Service in 1987 and was the first black Canadian to become a chief of police during his tenure in office from 2012 until his retirement in 2016.
“I am thankful to Assiniboine Community College for this honour. I entered policing to impact social change and did my best to pursue that purpose throughout my career and continue to do so in retirement,” Clunis said in a statement. “I certainly did not enter policing to receive awards, but it is gratifying to have my efforts recognized and appreciated.”
After retirement, Clunis formed the Clunis Consulting Group with his wife Pearlene and has authored two children’s books. In 2017, he was awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for the Advancement of Interreligious Understanding.
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