Chief Superintendent Darcy Fleury, District Commander for Central Alberta District, is pleased to announce that Staff Sergeant Jay Peden is the new Detachment Commander of the Sylvan Lake RCMP Detachment. Jay was born in Alberta and grew up in the Medicine Hat area. Having been a member of the RCMP for 21 years, he brings a variety of experience gained through policing in unique policing environments. He has served in Valleyview, Olds , and Red Deer. This is his second time serving in Sylvan Lake.Jay understands the need to focus on community engagement having served on the ASPIRE Special Needs Resource Center Board of Directors as well as the Central Alberta Sexual Assault Center Board of Directors in Red Deer. 

He would like to continue building on Sylvan Lake’s already established Crime Reduction initiatives as well as meeting the citizens of Sylvan Lake, Eckville, Bentley, Benalto and the summer villages which comprise the Detachment’s policing area.

“ I have been posted in Sylvan Lake previously in my career and it has always been a goal for me to be able to return.  I am excited to have the opportunity to return to Sylvan Lake as it has always been a welcoming and vibrant community.”