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November 30, 2021

Marlin Degrand
Assistant Deputy Minister
Public Security Division
Via email

Personal and Confidential

Dear Sir:

Re: Letter of Resignation

As you are aware, I have been offered employment and accepted a position within the
Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (ACPS) in Specialized Prosecutions. Over several
months, my tentative start date has been pushed back several times to accommodate
ASIRT needs, but I was to start with ACPS on November 24, 2021 which was,
unfortunately, again pushed back. My new start day is now December 8, 2021 and my
last day with ASIRT will be Friday, December 3, 2021.

When the ACPS opportunity was first presented to me in February, I had not been
actively looking for a change. That said, I have been in this position since July 2014. I
have always said that I believe that the position of Executive Director should be a limited
term position. When I was first asked to consider returning to prosecute a particularly
serious, complex matter, it was thought that this could be accomplished by taking a two
year secondment from ASIRT to go to Specialized Prosecutions. While they ultimately
offered me a permanent position, I was always ready to leave open the possibility of
return after two years.

More recently, however, having given more thought to my future and the future of
ASIRT, I have decided to resign. Absent a significant change in circumstances, I will not

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be returning to ASIRT. As such, please accept this letter as formal notice of my
resignation as the Executive Director of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team
(ASIRT).

My time at ASIRT has, almost overwhelmingly, been challenging but incredibly

rewarding. I can share that I have been very blessed to lead a team of professionals that
are, without hesitation, the best of the best. They are some of the most professional,
skilled, dedicated, and honest, decent human beings that I have ever had the honour
and privilege of working with. They are, without exception, compassionate individuals
committed to investigative excellence, integrity and police accountability. Despite the
fact that they have been asked to do more with less over the preceding 7 years, they
have rallied hard and done their jobs with pride and diligence.

The work itself has also been incredibly rewarding. Every investigation has been
important and the people directly impacted by these investigations have been
important. That includes every affected person or their family and every subject officer
and their family. I hope that throughout my time, those involved or impacted by these
incidents have felt that they have been provided answers they may have had about the
matters under investigation but equally important have felt that they have been treated
with respect and compassion.

s.24(1)(a), s.27(1)(b)(c)

s.17(1)

s.27(1)(b)(c)

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 s.27(1)(b)(c)

s.24(1)(a), s.27(1)(b)(c)

s.17(1)

s.27(1)(b)(c)

As such, I am tendering my resignation.

It is my hope that in resigning, the search can begin for a new Executive Director who
will have a fresh, more positive, less jaded perspective about the future of ASIRT.
s.27(1)(b)(c)

s.27(1)(b)(c) s.24(1)(a), s.27(1)(b)(c)

s.24(1)(a), s.27(1)(b)(c)

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