Edgar MacLeod

Edgar MacLeod's policing career has come full circle. In 1973, he graduated from the Atlantic Police Academy. In 1995, he became the first Police Chief of the amalgamated Cape Breton Regional Police Service and led the force through some tumultuous growing pains. Now, he's leading the next generation of recruits as the Executive Director of the Atlantic Police Academy in Summerside, PEI. A recipient of several Leadership Awards, in 2003, he recieved an Order of Merit of the Police Forces from then Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. He's a past president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the NS Chiefs of Police. And, in 2006, he received an honourary degree from Cape Breton University.  (runs 17:13)