Peter John Michael Sloly was born on 5 August 1966 and is a Canadian former police officer who served as the chief of police for the Ottawa Police Service from 2019 to 2022.
15 Facts About Peter Sloly
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Peter Sloly was born in Kingston, Jamaica and moved to Scarborough at the age of ten.
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Peter Sloly has a wife and two children, a daughter and son.
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Peter Sloly graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from McMaster University in 1989 and a Master of Business Administration from York University's Schulich School of Business in 2004.
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Peter Sloly earned a Criminal Justice Certificate from the University of Virginia, an Incident Command System Certification from the Justice Institute of British Columbia, the Major City Chief's Police Executive Development Program, University of Toronto's Rotman Police Executive Leadership Program and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
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Peter Sloly is a former soccer player who earned one cap for the Canadian national side against Egypt in a friendly match on 2 November 1984.
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Peter Sloly played with the Canada men's national under-20 soccer team in the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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In 2001 and 2002, Peter Sloly served two tours in the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo as a Command Staff Officer and the Canadian Contingent Commander.
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Peter Sloly was named deputy chief for Divisional Policing Command and Operational Support Command on 22 September 2009.
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On 10 February 2016 it was announced that Peter Sloly had resigned as deputy chief and that he had approached the Toronto Police Services Board several months prior with a request that he be released from his contract, which was to have ended in December 2017.
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On 28 April 2016 Peter Sloly was hired by Deloitte Canada to serve as a consultant handling risk and forensic practices projects.
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Peter Sloly denied the allegations as false and malicious, and said that if he won his lawsuit, he would donate the earnings to the local Boys and Girls Club.
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In 2022, the OPS and Peter Sloly faced criticism for their handling of the Canada convoy protest, where thousands of protestors occupied much of downtown Ottawa, resulting in the desecration of monuments, street and business closures, as well as intimidation and harassment of residents.
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Peter Sloly resigned on 15 February 2022, following weeks of criticism for his handling of the protests.
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Peter Sloly has been described as a scapegoat for the situation, by Ottawa Councillor Catherine McKenney, noting various key city staff that did not offer support during the occupation.