Chief introduces Samah Othman, company communications co-ordinator and Tori Semple, enterprise strategist to police companies board
Two new faces lately joined South Simcoe Police Service’s “family.”
Chief John Van Dyke launched Samah Othman, company communications co-ordinator, and Tori Semple, enterprise strategist, to the Bradford West Gwillimbury/Innisfil Police Providers Board throughout their common assembly on the Innisfil City Corridor on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
“I am honoured to join South Simcoe Police,” Othman mentioned, including she “loves” how related the service is to the neighborhood, and the “family” really feel that comes with it.
Othman mentioned she’s wanting ahead to working intently with the chief and Deputy Chief Sheryl Sutton to play a “hands-on” function within the “really important” work of supporting front-line officers by getting messages out to residents.
“I’m really excited to be working for South Simcoe Police,” Semple mentioned, including that whereas she was initially from York Area, she spent loads of time rising up in Bradford and Innisfil. “So this is really a homecoming for me.”
Semple emphasised the “deep ties” the police should neighborhood.
“That’s the kind of service I want to work for to make a difference,” she mentioned.
A giant a part of her function can be serving to to create and implement packages according to the service’s 2022-2025 strategic plan in addition to writing grant functions to assist fund the whole lot.
Van Dyke mentioned each new members have already “hit the ground running” and “made a big impact,” since Othman began on Aug. 26 and Semple on Sept. 3
The chief learn a fast abstract of labor historical past and training for each, during which he known as Othman a “seasoned communications professional” with a “diverse” expertise in media and public relations from each the personal and public sectors.
Previous to becoming a member of the native service, Othman spent six years as a strategic communications specialist with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the place she collaborated with the commissioner of the OPP, together with for work on their mental-health portfolio that concerned varied authorities ministries and police companies from around the globe.
Earlier than that Othman spent nearly 11 years working with the township of Oro-Medonte the place she led “high-profile” campaigns, together with the Oro-African Church crowdfunding marketing campaign which raised greater than $90,000 in donations in lower than three months and secured $200,000 in authorities funding in six months, in line with the chief.
“As a result of the tremendous communications success of the project, Samah and the township received numerous awards and commendations from associations and government agencies,” he mentioned.
Othman accomplished enterprise, economics and social science programs at McMaster College, graduated from Mohawk Faculty with a three-year finance diploma, and after ten years within the monetary trade, accomplished a licensed municipal officer designation from the Affiliation of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario.
For Semple’s half, the chief defined she has a PhD in psychology from Carlton College, the place she labored within the police analysis lab, and in addition spent six years working for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) operation analysis unit, the place she investigated “emerging operational issues” regarding coverage, coaching and gear.
Semple has additionally labored with a number of different police businesses in Canada researching points together with police response to individuals in disaster, the usage of police tactical items and the general public notion of police uniforms.
She has revealed a number of analysis papers in educational police journals and introduced that analysis at worldwide conferences, in line with the chief.
“She is quickly becoming known as the brains of the organization,” Van Dyke mentioned.
