Frank Palmer is the former Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).  In his capacity as Deputy Commissioner – Operations, he was the second most senior law enforcement official in Canada.

Mr. Palmer obtained his Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Manitoba and his Master of Laws at Dalhousie University.  Following extensive service as a criminal investigator, he was assigned as Assistant Officer in Charge of the RCMP Legal Branch, and from there to Officer in Charge, Adjudications Branch.  As a Chief Superintendent, he was assigned as Director, Economic Crime and oversaw RCMP commercial crime investigations across Canada.

Following this, his career returned to Officer in Charge of Operations in two of Canada’s largest cities, Toronto and Vancouver.  In this capacity, he managed and controlled all areas of enforcement, including criminal investigations, commercial investigations, criminal intelligence and national security in the respective Provinces of Ontario and British Columbia, before returning to national headquarters as Deputy Commissioner, Operations.

Mr. Palmer’s many duties and accomplishments are too numerous to mention. He was an RCMP representative on the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, a Director of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, an Associate of the National Executive Institute, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Canada’s representative to INTERPOL.

Following his retirement from the RCMP, he became Judicial Justice Palmer upon receiving an appointment as a Judicial Justice, Provincial Court of British Columbia where he presided over Provincial Offence trials and hearings in British Columbia.

Nicholas Kokil was for many years a police officer engaged in a variety of specializations, including field training officer, sexual and child abuse investigator, fraud investigator, arson investigator, traffic accident investigator and major crimes investigator.  He eventually achieved the position of Chief of Police, responsible for management, police administration and budgets, and creating and implementing policy.

Following his career in police work, Mr. Kokil became the Director of Investigations and Technical Services in a large private investigation firm.  In this capacity, he conducted security audits and risk threat assessments, as well as executive protection. He also conducted and supervised investigations into every area of private investigation, i.e., insurance fraud, arson, missing persons, locating hidden assets, statement analysis, human rights violations, criminal offences, computer forensics, and much more.

He has also been retained to develop and instruct courses for both private and public Security organizations, instructing in the fields of Airport Security, Hospital Security and General Security Guard Training.   

His personal education has been extensive and includes Northwestern University in Illinois, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Police College, University of Manitoba, and the American Society for Industrial Security, to name only a few educational institutions.  Mr. Kokil is in great demand as a lecturer and speaker in many areas, ranging from criminal investigation, sexual abuse, fraud and counter-terrorism.

CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS - BRIAN N. COX

Brian Cox was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), employed in many areas of specialization, including Court Liaison Officer, Race Track Anti-fraud Squad, Major Crimes Section, Drug Section, Commander, Heroin Trafficking and Importing Unit, Drug Intelligence Coordinator, and National Crime Intelligence Section (the RCMP’s organized crime squad).  His duties in the RCMP involved extensive travel throughout Canada and the USA.

After leaving the RCMP, Mr. Cox created a private investigation and security consultant company, along with another experienced RCMP officer.  In this capacity, he traveled a great deal performing both investigations and consultant duties on behalf of governments, large corporations, small companies and individual clients. This business was later restuctured into a large security and protection company providing general and specialized security services to business, industry and government.

Mr. Cox’s experience as an educator is very extensive, having been an instructor in the RCMP In-service Training Branch, the Canadian Police College, Robertson College and Northwest Law Enforcement Academy where he was appointed as Managing Director.

VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS - JOHN McFARLANE