Edmonton’s new police chief named president of Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police

A little more than three months after becoming the chief of the Edmonton Police Service (EPS), Dale McFee has been named to another prestigious post in Alberta’s law enforcement community.

On Friday, the EPS announced McFee has been named the new president of the Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police (AACP).

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“I have pretty big shoes to fill coming into the role of president,” McFee said in a news release.

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McFee was appointed to a two-year-term as president by the AACP at the not-for-profit’s spring meeting on Thursday. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki was appointed as vice-president.

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