CORNWALL, Ontario – With current Chief of the Cornwall Community Police Service (CCPS) Dan Parkinson getting ready to retire in 2018, the Police Board has announced his replacement.
CCPS Deputy Chief Danny Aikman has been named as Designate Chief effective Jan. 1, 2018 and will work for a year on the transition with Parkinson. Aikman will fully take over as Chief Jan. 1, 2019.
Aikman has been with the CCPS for more than 30 years and has served as Deputy Chief since 2003.
In 2011 Deputy Chief Aikman was invested in the Order of Merit for Police Forces by then Governor General David Johnston. He has also received the Police Exemplary Service Medal for 20 and 30 years of service and was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
“Thank you, I’m excited and humbled by the opportunity,” Aikman said on Twitter.
