Peter Redwood introduced him and commented that he liked our new detachment Commander already because he was born in northern Ontario, in Kirkland Lake.
 John P. Graham, Staff Sergeant, Detachment Commander, Huntsville Detachment, Central Region.
John arrived in Huntsville as a promotion from the Sudbury Detachment 2.5 months ago and hopes to move his family her at the end of May.
Prior to coming to Huntsville he has worked in the northern communities – dealing with the remoteness and the drug issue.  Then to Cornwall as a city policeman - doing the on - road work and dealing with the big drug issues in that area. Transferred to the OPP and served in the Espanola and Sudbury area. 
John is looking forward to working with our community and his staff as they work at the communication process with our residents and our youth. He’s begun meeting with groups to assess the issues and set in place the processes that we all can live with.
In the Q & A session – the level of drugs in the high school came up. He commented that they do not use the drug dog where they lock the students in their classrooms and search their lockers anymore. He told us that his officers are working with the school staff on a regular basis and yes they search lockers after school as needed.
The OPP detachment is always looking a t how they can best serve our community.
 
 
Bill Sibeon thanked our speaker on our behalf. Bill said that he has the second largest sleet of vehicles in Huntsville but that they are always anxious to support the OPP officers.