Rick Webb will leave the Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board on Dec. 31
SooToday received the following letter from Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board member Rick Webb who will leave the board at the end of this current term on Dec. 31.
I will not seek a fourth term on the board as I believe it is time for a new community representative to step forward with new perspectives on policing and governance for the city police service. It has been an honour and a pleasure to serve on the board. Policing in this community is vitally important and the work that officers perform is essential to our community’s safety and they should be commended for their hard work and professionalism that they display daily.
One reason I am stepping down is I believe that we need diversity to ensure people in the community remain confident that we have everyone’s interests at heart. It is my sincere hope, and it is my call to council that my replacement on the board come from the Indigenous community or is a person of colour. T
The location of this building is also not conducive to community policing, and one questions how it was ever determined to be a good location in the first place. A new building downtown needs to be on the short-term horizon as this is not something to be put off for another five or 10 years.