B.C. Mounties get new commander
SURREY, B.C. — The RCMP has a new commander in British Columbia.
Deputy commissioner Brenda Butterworth-Carr is the new commanding officer of E Division, the largest in the country.
Butterworth-Carr is a member of the Tr’ondek Hwech’in Han Nation in Yukon and joined the force as a native special constable in 1987.
She has held many key positions, including assistant district commander in the north district of B.C. and took command of the Prince George detachment in 2009.