Adam Palmer

CHIEF CONSTABLE, VPD

PREVIOUSLY # – 29, 2015 For the head of the VPD, the key to being on this list may be people not knowing your name. Palmer’s been chief since 2015, but the main reason he’s not a household name is that there have been no policing crises requiring him to be front and centre. Crime is down, and both community relations and o£cer satisfaction are up. All of which caused the police board (chaired by the outgoing mayor) to re-up the chief for a ‘ve-year contract extension this past May in the hopes he’ll produce another half decade of steady-as-she-goes results.