BIOGRAPHY

Chief Superinendent Randy Robar
Commanding Officer – “L” Division (Prince Edward Island)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Chief Superintendent Randy Robar was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. His youth was spent living in a variety of military bases in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec and overseas. C/Supt Robar joined the RCMP in 1971 as a member of the first RCMP bilingual troop, a pilot program involving 16 anglophone and 16 francophone members. Upon graduation from Depot, C/Supt Robar was posted to the province of Quebec. Following the completion of general policing duties in Chicoutimi, C/Supt Robar was transferred to organized crime duties in Montreal and Quebec City. As an intelligence analyst, C/Supt Robar provided criminal intelligence support and analysis to the Organized Crime Commission held in Quebec City.

In 1979 he was transferred to the Informatics Directorate in Ottawa. While in Ottawa he attended Algonquin Community College where he undertook studies in information technology. In 1983 he was transferred to New Brunswick and tasked with developing an information technology program for the RCMP in New Brunswick, preparing the division for future technology.

C/Supt Robar was commissioned in 1989 returning to Ottawa where he was seconded to the Department of the Solicitor General. While with the Solicitor General he was part of a team of police officers responsible for the National Counter Terrorism Plan and the development of training exercises for police departments across Canada. In 1993 C/Supt Robar returned to the RCMP on the Project Renewal Team, eventually becoming the team Director. The mandate of the team was to coordinate the downsizing and reorganization of the RCMP to meet financial reductions identified by the federal government’s program review process. During his term with Project Renewal, C/Supt Robar was one of the lead facilitators in developing the RCMP’s Vision Mission and Values statement which now hangs proudly in every RCMP detachment and building in Canada. In 1997 C/Supt Robar returned to New Brunswick as the District Policing Officer. He served as the Corporate Management Officer for the Atlantic Region responsible for finance, planning, and assets. C/Supt Robar assumed command of “L” Division during a formal Change of Command ceremony in Charlottetown on January 27, 2004.

Chief Superintendent Robar has been awarded the RCMP Long Service Medal and the Queen’s Jubilee Medal.

He is married to Paulette and has two children. His daughter, Robyn, works in Ottawa and his son, Adam, is in high school. C/Supt. Robar enjoys reading, sporting events, and community involvement.