Chief of Police Alain Simoneau of Station 21

Today I meet with chief police Alain Simoneau of station 21, who agreed to do an interview for the Peace Park documentary. He’s only been the chief of police since 2007, but in my opinion definitely has a good knowledge of what’s going on it his district, and at Peace Park.

It didn’t really feel like I was interviewing him, it felt more like a conversation about Peace Park and the area. We talked about the history of the area, some of the changes in the park which wee made, such as the removing of the benches, the addition of the water sprinklers use to deter people from sleeping in the park, and the surveillance cameras that were installed the reduce the drug operations. Some of the most interesting information covered was about the history of the struggle of the bikers to maintain control of the drugs, and crack at Peace Park and on the Main.

When I asked him skateboarding he ended by saying that he would have no problem with skateboarding at Peace Park if the laws were changed, but that is up to the city. Many more topics were discussed such as graffiti and how the police deal with the vandals that will be in the documentary. Mr. Simoneau contributions to the documentary are much appreciated.