2011 IODE Ontario Police Community Relations Award Winner
O.P.P. Staff Sergeant Rob McDonald North East Region Headquarters.
IODE Ontario is honoured to support Staff Sergeant Rob McDonald in all his endeavours with the 2011 IODE Police Community Relations Award.
Staff Sergeant Rob McDonald is a 27 year member of the OPP. He has served at Armstrong, Powassan and North Bay detachments, Thunder Bay Provincial Communications Centre, North Bay Provincial Communication Centre and currently at North East Region Headquarters.
During his 27 years of service, Rob has devoted countless hours to many community organizations and youth sports that have enriched the lives of citizens and the well being of our communities.
Rob is the ultimate professional police officer at work and in his volunteer time with community charities and organizations, he is committed to making the community he resides in or near, a better and safer place to work, visit and reside.
Rob is an active volunteer and member of his church, and devotes his vacation each summer as a worker and councillor with the parish youth at Camp Temiskaming, he is well known in the Church community as an OPP leader and instils the vision, and values and mission of the OPP in his volunteer work.
On week nights and weekends in the winter he is a volunteer referee for minor hockey in the North Bay area, his leadership and dedication to developing young officials has helped to secure and promote a future of officials for the minor hockey organizations in North Bay.
Staff Sergeant McDonald is very active in the North Bay Rorab Shrine Club, he has a famous trash receptacle for pop cans at work, which is a true indication of his commitment to help sick children, every week he collects the cans and forwards them for recycling.
Staff Sergeant McDonald volunteers time to many things including "Habitat for Humanity Organization, Risk watch program, Emergency Management and Incident management services including volunteer fire department, paramedics, municipal fire services.
He is a true community leader and his efforts, both at work and off duty make his communities a safer place to live.