ABOUT
US

Inspector Colin Brown is a 26-year veteran of a British Columbia police department and current Critical Incident Commander for his
department’s hostage rescue team. He graduated from the University of Victoria in 1994 with a B.A. (with distinction) in History and Political
Science and in 1997 with his Law Degree.

His operational experience includes surveillance, covert operations, investigations, and tactical response. Colin spent 13 years on the tactical
unit as an operator, retiring as the sniper team leader in 2015. Colin completed his CIC course at CPC in 2015 under the instruction of
Inspector Randy Bell (retired VPD) and Inspector Blair White (retired CPS/RCMP), and has commanded over 100 operations since that time.

In addition to being a police officer, Colin is a practicing lawyer of 26 years. He has written several police manuals and developed courses on
Critical Incident Command, The Law of Tactical Policing, Search and Seizure, and Professional Standards. Colin received the Order of Merit of
the Police Forces in 2012 for his distinction in developing advanced police courses and providing preeminent instruction and mentoring to
officers throughout Canada.

Inspector Michael Brown is a 30-year veteran of a British Columbia police department and current Critical Incident Commander for his
department’s hostage rescue team.   He graduated from the University of Victoria in 1998 with a B.A. (with distinction) in Humanities.  He has
been involved in police tactical operations and the Emergency Response Team Program for 25 years.

As a previous tactical operator and team leader, Michael was deployed on 500 operations including warrant service, VIP protection, high-risk
prisoner transport, barricaded suspect, and hostage rescue. Michael has an extensive instructional background in a number of disciplines
including firearms, patrol tactics, operational decision-making, active deadly threat, barricaded suspect operations, hostage rescue, and critical
incident management.

Michael was the Officer in Charge of his department’s ERT program for four years, a member of the Provincial ERT Working Group, and has
been an active Critical Incident Commander for the past six years.  Michael received the Medal of Bravery from the Governor General in 2013
for his role in a tactical operation.

Inspector Randy Bell (Retired) is a 34-year veteran of the Vancouver Police Department, having retired in August 2024. He joined the
Vancouver Police Department in August 1990 after studying criminology at Simon Fraser University. Over his career with Vancouver Police
Randy primarily worked operational assignments in the Operations Division and the Emergency Response Team.

As a Tactical Operator, Tactical Supervisor and Critical Incident Commander, he has participated in tactical operations and critical incidents
including police involved shootings, barricaded suspects, kidnappings, hostage rescue, high-risk criminal apprehensions, high-risk warrant
service, high risk convoy protection and VIP protection of international ministers and heads of state.

Since 1999, Randy has instructed police tactics, firearms, critical incident dynamics, leadership and critical incident command at the Canadian
Police College, Vancouver Police Department, the Justice Institute of B.C., the Ontario Police College, and the Atlantic Police Academy. He has
been a Critical Incident Commander since 2015 and retired as an Adjunct Faculty member at the Canadian Police College and Justice Institute
of B.C.

Randy was a CIC for 8 years, and commanded the Emergency Response Team, Marine Unit and the K-9 Unit for 2 years until his retirement
from policing.

Inspector Blair White (Retired) is a 31-year veteran of the Calgary Police Service (Superintendent Retired) and most recently completed 4 years
with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, E-Division, Critical Incident Program. He began his career in 1987 after completing the Criminology
Program at Mount Royal University.

His career transitioned from patrol to the Tactical Unit (Emergency Response Team) as an operator, explosives technician and explosive forced
entry instructor. Blair instructed at the Canadian Police College throughout his 7-year tenure within the Tactical Unit in both the Explosive
Training Course/Revalidation Training and the Explosive Forced Entry courses. Blair worked mostly in operational units throughout his career,
including returning to the Support Section as the OIC of the Tactical Unit, Canine Unit, Air Support Unit, Mounted Unit, Negotiator Program
and the Critical Incident Program. He was promoted to the rank of Superintendent where the Real Time Operations Centre, General
Investigations and Duty Officers were added to his purview.

Blair retired from the Calgary Police Service in 2017 for an opportunity as the RCMP E-Division (British Columbia) Critical Incident Program
Operations Officer.

Blair became a Critical Incident Commander in 2008 and has commanded covert and overt operations, pre-planned operations, hostage
rescue, kidnappings, protective details, warrant service, barricade and manhunt deployments. He was an instructor and assessor for the
Critical Incident Commanders Course at the Canadian Police College from 2009 to 2023. Blair also assisted in the development and instruction
of the Critical Incident 100-400 program within the Calgary Police Service and the Critical Incident Management training as a member of the
RCMP Critical Incident Program.

Since retiring in 2021, Blair has maintained his involvement with the Canadian Police College Critical Incident Command training program
through a civilian coordinator role and involvement in several operational and training reviews until the end of 2023.