AMPS Announces Staff Sergeant

 

Staff Sergeant Ranatiiostha Swamp.

(July 4, 2018) Chief of Police Shawn Dulude is pleased to announce that Sergeant Ranatiiostha Swamp has taken up his permanent position as Staff Sergeant. 

Swamp is Akwesasronon and has dedicated 16 years of service with the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service (AMPS). In that time, he has filled the roles of criminal investigator as part of the Joint Investigative Unit, an in-service trainer for firearms and use of force, team leader of the Emergency Response Team and was promoted to Sergeant in 2012. Swamp has held executive leadership roles within the service such as acting Deputy Chief and acting Inspector. 

The police service has been in existence since 1970, and employs 33 officers, 6 public safety dispatchers and 3 civilian staff members. The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service is one of 9 self-administered First Nations police services in Ontario. In 2017, the AMPS underwent an Organizational Review. The past year the police service has experienced some major changes to its leadership and organization as a whole.  

Chief Dulude stated, "This is a big step accomplished as leadership was part of our organizational review. I strongly believe that AMPS' leadership is headed in the right direction. I believe in our upper management team which is composed of Deputy Chief Beaudry, Staff Sergeant Swamp, Sergeant Detective Mitchell and myself. Between the 4 of us combined, we total over 150 years of policing experience. My goal is to use this experience in mentoring, guiding and leading the AMPS into the future as a strong leader and role model for other First Nation's police services. We deliver a service to the community and to be able to do so in a professional manner, you need to have strong leadership and good human resources. As of today, I believe that we are in that situation. Now we have to continue to work as a team to pull it all together."

Staff Sergeant Swamp will be responsible for operations and overseeing patrol sergeants, the S.A.V.E. team and other supportive units. 

He said, "Policing is changing rapidly and is becoming more modern and complex, but we continue to focus on the fact that truly effective policing happens when communities and the police work together as a team. I am confident that the members of the AMPS understand this and possess the knowledge and skills to meet any challenge. We are dedicated to ensuring our members receive the most updated training and continue to improve our way of operating. I look forward to taking on this role and working with our police service and our community."

 

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