Next commissioner of the RCMP appointed

Robert W. Paulson was named the new Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, effective Nov. 21. 

Paulson succeeds Commissioner William J.S. Elliott, who has been appointed as Special Representative of INTERPOL to the United Nations.

Paulson has had a distinguished 25-year career with the RCMP, joining in 1986 as a Constable. He has held progressively senior positions within the Force, most recently as Deputy Commissioner, Federal Policing. 

Prior to being appointed as Deputy Commissioner, Paulson served as Assistant Commissioner, Contract and Aboriginal Policing Services and Assistant Commissioner, National Security Criminal Investigations.