SLITER, J.R. ((John Randy Sliter))
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Pillar Location: Pillar: 11 - XI, Row: 22, Column: D
Troop Number and Year: TR. 11 1979/80
Pillar Location: Pillar: 11 - XI, Row:22, Column:D
Troop Number and Year: TR. 11 1979/80
The Stories
Randy (John) Sliter was born in Cornwall, Ontario where he went through the public school system and later to Saint Lawrence College. While studying at St. Lawrence, he was President of the Student Union and served on the College’s Board of Governors. Back in 1977, St. Lawrence College subjected some of its upcoming graduates to something entitled the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. This exercise was designed to help students find their way in the world and figure out what type of career they were most interested in. John’s results indicated a very high interest in Business Management, Law /Politics and Military Activities. Not surprisingly then, in 1978 when he graduated from College, John’s career began as he joined the RCMP as a civilian member computer programmer at the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC). As a Finance major, he had a strong interest in the Forensic Accounting field and wanted to work in Commercial Crime and therefore converted over to become a regular member in 1980. John loved his time at Depot and maintains several lifelong friendships from within his troop. He graduated from the RCMP Depot Training Academy in March of that year and was posted to Williams Lake, B.C. where he worked as a General Duty Constable. Being the only single man in the vicinity he recalled the many opportunities to travel around to neighboring detachments to help police the annual Rodeos. John had many exciting ‘junior constable stories’ to tell his two children when they were young. Stories of helping people in need, fighting with drunken louts and staring down hardened armed criminals.
John was offered the opportunity to become the Community Policing / Crime Prevention Coordinator in Williams Lake and he was later nominated for Citizen of the Year by the Rotary Club due to his extensive work in the Crisis and Counselling Centre, the Native Friendship Centre and the Drug and Alcohol Centre. One of John’s most memorable moments happened on Christmas Eve in 1984. He was selling Christmas trees in support of the local Native Friendship Centre and administrators has set aside a small ‘Charlie Brown’ tree for John to take home at the end of the day. However, John eventually sold that last tree to a person who needed it more and recalls feeling the true spirit of Christmas.
John was strong believer in lifelong learning, and he continued taking a number of local college and university courses. In 1986 he was transferred to Vancouver Commercial Crime and was able to work in the field he aspired for from the beginning. In 1989, he was sent by the RCMP back to university full-time in the Commerce Program at the University of British Columbia, completing two years before moving into, and ultimately graduating from, the Executive Masters of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University. John worked in the Vancouver Stock Market Manipulation Group for 10 years and was the lead investigator in numerous international securities fraud investigations. He wrote his Masters Thesis in 1993 ‘A Policy Review of the Role of the RCMP in Securities Fraud Enforcement.’ John’s thesis received international media attention, and he went on to become the Sergeant in charge of the RCMP contingent in the Securities Fraud Office. Later, he was awarded a formal commendation for his work in “international securities fraud investigations” by then Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh.
John moved to Ottawa in 1996 and was commissioned to the rank of Inspector two years later. Twenty-five years after his graduation from SLC and his initial interest in white collar crime, he found himself second in charge of the overall RCMP Economic Crime Program. John takes great pride in taking the OPP Phonebusters program to a national level in the creation of a National Anti-Fraud Centre in 2001 and in the development of the first on-line crime reporting system entitled Recol.ca – Reporting Economic Crime On-line.
When the RCMP Commissioner offered him the opportunity to establish a new program dedicated to securities fraud enforcement, he did not hesitate. He was promoted to Superintendent and put in charge of the Integrated Market Enforcement Teams in 2003. John found this to be the most rewarding part of his career whilst he established new downtown offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. With the commitment of the Government of Canada behind him he was able to implement the recommendations he outlined in his earlier Masters Thesis. John thoroughly enjoyed sharing his vision and working to enable and energize these teams of IMET investigators all the while displaying a strong sense of humour. His favourite part of the day was his regular morning ‘jocularity hour’ with staff to review incoming issues and cases to start the day! A few years later John was sent on French Language training and again absolutely loved the challenge for two years as he excelled in his ability to read and write in French and become fluently bilingual.
John was then posted to the Canadian Police College where he led the development of an International Training Program. He led the establishment of police training programs in such places as Jamaica, Mexico, the Gaza Strip and Afghanistan. In 2010, John personally travelled to Kabul and Kandahar to meet with law enforcement executives to formalize a program offering some Canadian Best Practises. While at the CPC and true to his calling, John also led the development of a White-Collar Integrated Training program that involved mixing representatives from the Private Sector, Regulators and Police to establish an integrated enforcement strategy that included Victim Restorative Justice.
In John’s final posting, he returned to where it all began at the Canadian Police Information Centre. He found himself as the Acting Director General of CPIC – working at the same location where he began his career as a junior computer programmer 36 years earlier! Like most RCMP members he loved his career and continues to share many exciting stories with his family and friends.
John currently resides in Ingleside, Ontario with his life partner, Avonne. He spends his time along the Saint Lawrence river in his boat fishing with his friends or woodworking in his workshop. In the colder months he loves going to a winter home in New Braunfels, Texas to fly fish and go antique shopping while his Canadian home is buried in snow.
Divisions Served: V, E, K, HQ
Medals and Honours: B.C. Attorney Generals Commendation; Long Service Medal; HQ Criminal Intelligence CO’s Commendation
Pillar Location: Pillar: 11 - XI, Row: 22, Column: D
Regimental Number: 35744
Training Division: Depot
Troop Number and Year: TR. 11 1979/80
Home Town: Ingleside, ON
Engagement Date: Oct 04, 1978
Regimental Number: #35744
Troop Number and Year: TR. 11 1979/80