SURREY, CANADA (TIP): Hailing from Rajeana village in Moga district, Sharanjit Singh Gill, popularly known as Shawn Gill, has been promoted as the Chief Superintendent and is now the Senior Operations Officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, reports Kulwinder Sandhu  from Moga for Tribune News Service.

Hailing from Rajeana village in Moga district, Sharanjit Singh Gill, popularly known as Shawn Gill, has been promoted as the Chief Superintendent and is now the Senior Operations Officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. 

British Columbia province is one of the biggest cities in Canada with a dominating Punjabi community.

Sharanjit Singh Gill was superintendent-rank officer — Community Services Officer — before being promoted to Chief Superintendent, early this week.

Congratulating him on his promotion, the Surrey police tweeted: “His 31 years of policing experience are a huge asset to our Frontline, Investigative and Community Services teams.”

In September 2015, then-Inspector Sharnjit Gill, who was Operations Officer for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, was promoted to the rank of superintendent in the position of Community Services Officer in Surrey police.

After beginning his career in 1989 on general duty in the Surrey police, he moved to Investigative Services where he worked in the Burglary and Serious Crime Units. Over the next 15 years, Gill gained extensive investigational police experience in various fields.

In 2012, Gill was commissioned as an officer and joined as a duty officer for general duty until he was transferred back to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team in 2014. Gill was also a member of the Lower Mainland Hostage Negotiation Team and a past member of the E Division Interview Team.

Gill is fluent in Punjabi language and is fond of Punjabi lifestyle. He has been living in Surrey for the past five decades. He migrated to Canada in 1969. Gill is also a sportsman and used to play hockey, baseball and was also associated with soccer associations as a volunteer and also worked as an assistant coach.

In his career in the RCMP, Gill has won many accolades while in services.

In 1997, he was awarded the officer-in-charge certificate of recognition for his role in the arrest and conviction of two serial sex offenders. In 2009, he was conferred Long Service Medal for completing 20 years of service with good conduct and in 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth-II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his role as the team commander in-charge of the pipeline bombings investigation in Columbia.

British Columbia province is one of the biggest cities in Canada with a dominating Punjabi community.

Sharanjit Singh Gill was superintendent-rank officer — Community Services Officer — before being promoted to Chief Superintendent, early this week.

Congratulating him on his promotion, the Surrey police tweeted: “His 31 years of policing experience are a huge asset to our Frontline, Investigative and Community Services teams.”

In September 2015, then-Inspector Sharnjit Gill, who was Operations Officer for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, was promoted to the rank of superintendent in the position of Community Services Officer in Surrey police.

After beginning his career in 1989 on general duty in the Surrey police, he moved to Investigative Services where he worked in the Burglary and Serious Crime Units. Over the next 15 years, Gill gained extensive investigational police experience in various fields.

In 2012, Gill was commissioned as an officer and joined as a duty officer for general duty until he was transferred back to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team in 2014. Gill was also a member of the Lower Mainland Hostage Negotiation Team and a past member of the E Division Interview Team.

Gill is fluent in Punjabi language and is fond of Punjabi lifestyle. He has been living in Surrey for the past five decades. He migrated to Canada in 1969. Gill is also a sportsman and used to play hockey, baseball and was also associated with soccer associations as a volunteer and also worked as an assistant coach.

In his career in the RCMP, Gill has won many accolades while in services.

In 1997, he was awarded the officer-in-charge certificate of recognition for his role in the arrest and conviction of two serial sex offenders. In 2009, he was conferred Long Service Medal for completing 20 years of service with good conduct and in 2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth-II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his role as the team commander in-charge of the pipeline bombings investigation in Columbia.

(Source: Tribune India)