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man re l ations. “Y o u can ’ t p u t emotions in an emai l,” he said. “I hate F acebook and a ll those socia l media. I fee l it rea ll y breaks down comm u nication. I a l so f i nd it rea ll y in v asi v e. ” H e has one main piece of ad v ice to anyone based on his years in the OPP. “L ife is short , so e v ery moment to its f ull est. ”
“H ard to adapt ,” he said , adding that most of the prob l ems stem from not a l ways compatib l e comp u ter information systems. “ B u t yo u can goog l e anything now and f i nd o u t how something works and where it is. I t is awesome. ” T he down side of the cyber v erse , he thinks , is not j u st the ob v io u s opport u nities of - fered to crimina l s. I t ’ s a l so the distancing of h u-
E MB RU N | Yv e s D upu i s a l wa y s k n e w th a t hi s car ee r de s ti n y was i n p oli c e w o r k. Ev e n d ur i ng the ye ars he sp e n t un de rgr o un d a t o n e of hi s f irs t r e a l job s a fte r gra d ua ti ng hi g h sc hool.. “I worked u ndergro u nd. I was a hard - rock min - er , and I operated a dri ll . ” At the I NCO pit mines in the S u db u ry area , D u p u is and other hard - rock miners wo ul d ride into the adits and drop down the e l e v ator trans - port shafts deep down as far as 6 000 feet be l ow the s u rface of the earth , tho u gh most of the time he worked the mining v a ul ts aro u nd the 2 8 00 - foot l e v e l, boring into the rock faces after v eins of nicke l and copper and other meta l s. B u t working a rock dri ll was ne v er his ul timate career goa l . I t was a l ways an interim choice. “I came o u t of schoo l, came to Ottawa l ooking for a position. I j u st happened to wa l k into the I NCO o f f i ce. B u t my mind was a l ways set. I was going to be a po l ice o f f i cer. I was 16 and knew I was going to be a po l ice o f f i cer. ” After he t u rned 2 4, D u p u is p u t his app l ication in and was accepted into the OPP. Nine months l ater to f i nish a ll the paperwork and other re - q u irements and he began his training period with three weeks f i rst at the OPP Co ll ege in Brampton fo ll owed by 1 5 weeks at the pro v incia l po l ice co ll ege in Ay l mer where the OPP and a ll the metro forces sent their recr u its. After that he was assigned a coaching o f f i cer to mentor him d u ring his f i rst 1 0 months as a rookie. “I t ’ s l earn as yo u go ,” he said , reca ll ing those f i rst months as a new l y -f l edge OPP o f f i cer. “E xtreme l y stressf ul . Y o u know yo u’ re being watched by e v erybody , po l ice inc lu ded. ” Ev ery action , e v ery decision that a new con - stab l e make and takes d u ring that f i rst year on the job is scr u tinized , to determine if they are s u ited to the job and the a u thority they now carry. “ Does it go to yo u r head ?” D u p u is exp l ained. H is f i rst act u a l posting after f i nishing training was in St u rgeon F a ll s , l ocated a l ong H ighway 1 7 o u tside of S u db u ry. “I t was scary at f i rst ,” he said , smi l ing. “I had a l ot of re l ati v es in that area. Y o u co ul d expect that yo u might ha v e to stop one of them for some - thing. B u t yo u had a job to do. ” After 1 0 years in the F a ll s , he was promoted to sergeant and posted to Cochrane as one of the two d u ty s u per v isor sergeants for the detach - ment there. More postings fo ll owed , inc lu ding fo u r months of u nderco v er work on a gaming case , and time spent in detecti v e work. “I had a good v ariety of di f f erent positions. ” T here are more promotions , inc lu ding sta f f- sergeant/commanding o f f i cer for the Casse l- man detachment in 1 99 4, his f i rst arri v a l in the Prescott - R u sse ll region. F rom then on he was as - signed to H awkesb u ry and at l ast , promoted to inspector and gi v en command of R u sse ll Co u n - ty ’ s OPP operations. As his o f f i cia l retirement approaches at the end of May , D u p u is l ooks back o v er a wea l th of mem - ories. Some are good , l ike recei v ing the F rench knighthood hono u r as a Che v a l ier de l a P l éiade in 2005 for his work on beha l f of francophone in - terests. And the day he was named a V o lu nteer of Canada and recei v ed his certi f i cate from the hands of then - Prime Minister J ean Chrétien. “T hat was v ery specia l . ” Some memories are bad b u t remind him of cha ll enges. L ike the ice storm that battered On - tario and Q u ébec in the 1 990s. “T hat was a tremendo u s u se of reso u rces. My f i rst day then was 2 8 ho u rs l ong. ” A typica l work day now in v o lv es wading thro u gh the emai l s that come in thro u gh either his o f f i ce comp u ter or his B l ackberry. Most are req u ests for information , some req u ire his con - s ul ting with o f f i cers and sta f f . H e ch u ck l es as he describes being a l ong - time po l ice o f f i cer in the Digita l Age.
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