The Quebec Provincial Police has approximately 6,000 sworn officers and is the primary law enforcement agency in the province.

QPP Detective Sergeant Andre Marquis, who visited the sheriff’s office in May for a week, was the primary instructor while White was in Canada.

White met with the staff of the Canadian judicial system in Lac Megantic and Sherbrook, the Major Crimes Unit, which handles murders and organized crime, Regional Investigative Units, SWAT, the Police Air Support Unit, communications section and staff officers from the Regional Headquarters in Sherbrook.

White and Marquis traveled to Montreal to meet with Mathieu Ferland from the International Affairs Office of the Surete du Quebec police. While in Montreal they observed the Montreal police handle a demonstration by thousands of students in the streets upset with tuition increases.

White said, “This exchange has been one of the high points in my career as a law enforcement officer. I got to see how the same organization handles policing in very large cities and also in the small towns in the eastern townships. I was able to observe some police practices that could be used by the sheriff’s office to make us better enforcement officers.”