He wanted to be a police officer since he was a little kid.
Now a Tsawwassen man is living out that dream and receiving deserved recognition for his work with the RCMP.
In early September, Staff Sgt. Glen Fishbook was presented with the Commissioner’s Award for his innovation and contribution to RCMP Air Services and ERT Programs.
He was instrumental in assisting the RCMP into getting the new Air 5 helicopter and development of tactical capabilities for the Emergency Response Team of which Delta Police is a member. The Air 5 replaced the former Air 5 which crashed in January 2012 and sadly the pilot died. This new Air 5 is the legacy out of tragedy.
“Police work – it was something that I wanted to do since I was a kid, so after high school I went off to Simon Fraser University, moved up to Whistler as a full-time ski patroller and was a firefighter in the summer, but I always wanted to be a police office,” he said. “Here we are 25 years later. I joined in 1997.”
Currently he is in an active operations role. Previous to that he was part of the ERT, which is what he received the award for.
“It was humbling and extremely nice to be recognized,” he said. “In some ways, my feelings are I was just doing my job and not really worthy of this kind of recognition. I’m very appreciative that some of my colleagues and supervisors would take the time to write up the award and the submission.”
He also credits his family and friends for all of their support over the years.
“I have a couple proud parents and would not be anywhere without them,” he said.
