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Inaugural South Simcoe police chief dies at 70

Bruce Davis served force as chief from 1997 to 2011
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Former South Simcoe Police Service chief Bruce Davis has died at the age of 70.

NEWS RELEASE
SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE SERVICE
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The South Simcoe Police Service is saddened to announce the passing of retired chief of police Bruce J. Davis (Member of the Order of Merit).

He died Wednesday of natural causes at the age of 70.

Chief Davis was instrumental in the amalgamation of the Innisfil Police Service and the Bradford West Gwillimbury Police Service and served as south Simcoe’s first chief of police from 1997 until his retirement at the end of 2011.

He started with the Bradford Police Service as an auxiliary in 1970 at the age of 18. He was hired as an officer in 1972, and later advanced from the rank of constable to inspector. In 1990, he was hired as deputy chief of Innisfil’s police department, assuming the role of chief of police in 1994. When Bradford West Gwillimbury and Innisfil police services amalgamated in 1997, becoming the South Simcoe Police Service, Davis was appointed as the first police chief.

Chief Davis served as president of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and was honoured as a Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces.

Our thoughts are with the Davis family.

Flags at our divisions have been lowered to mark his passing.

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