Saugeen Shores Police have a new Deputy Chief.
Kevin Zettel has been appointed to the position by the Police services Board.
A media release from the police service says Deputy Chief Zettel started his career in policing in 2002 at the Guelph Police Service before moving to the Saugeen Shores Police Service in 2003.
Zettel was assigned to Uniform Patrol and Criminal Investigation before being promoted to Uniform Patrol and Criminal Investigations Sergeant in 2010. He was further promoted to Inspector in charge of police operations in 2018.
The police board says Zettel has attended an number of Ontario Police College, Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario, Dalhousie University and Federal Bureau of Investigations Leadership courses over the course of his career. He is also a member of the Victim Services of Bruce-Grey-Perth board of directors.
The appointment is part of a structural change in the police service that includes the elimination of the Inspector position and the creation of a Deputy Chief of Police position.
The police board says it aligns them more closely with the organizational structures of many other municipal Police services in Ontario.