| DONALD W. DeFEHR, DIRECTOR
Mr. DeFehr began his career as member of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police in 1963, serving as a general duty member. Traffic duties
were later assigned including radar operation and highway patrol.
He was selected for the Identification Section and sent to the
Canadian Police College in Ottawa, Ontario. Subsequent to the
successful completion of Identification training he successfully
completed a course on the Applications of Surveying Principles
and Techniques to Police Investigations in the Faculty of Engineering
at Carleton University, Ottawa.
During his eighteen years as an Identification Specialist he
received additional training in Serial Number Restoration and
Arson Investigation courses and Regionalized Identification Workshops.
He also attended the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
as a part time student for two semesters studying photography.
He has had occasion to lecture on specialty areas at Regional
Seminars, Edmonton City Police and the Canadian Police College.
He has given evidence in all levels of court in the Provinces
of Alberta and British Columbia.
After his retirement from the RCMP in 1988, he has remained actively
involved in his specialties as they relate to the Insurance industry
as well as assisting various Law Firms throughout the Province
of British Columbia.
Donald has completed a Justice Institute sponsored Scientific
Content Analysis course, which presents an effective method for
obtaining information and detecting deception.
Since June of 1996 he has been an approved instructor for the
Justice Institute instructing Basic Security Training I & II.
Donald has also been elected to the board of the Private Investigators
Association of British Columbia by his peers and has served a term as President of the association.
LARRY E. SUKUT, FIELD MANAGER
Mr. Sukut brings to Summit Security Group numerous years in management.
He has had formal training in business administration plus human
resource courses relating to personnel in every aspect of business.
Larry was employed in management by Wardair Canada Ltd. for fifteen
years until they moved their entire operation to Toronto. Twelve
of those years were spent in Yellowknife, NWT where he managed
their northern operations. During his years with Wardair, he was
also responsible for setting up and maintaining security for various
dignitaries that flew on Wardair aircraft throughout the north.
In 1982 rather than move east, he decided to remain in the west
and moved his family to Kamloops where he purchased a family business.
He managed and operated it successfully for 14 years.
Larry has been with Summit Security since March of 2001, and
has proven to be a vital part of our operations. Larry is the
Field Manager for the Canadian Pacific Railway account, where
he manages the security for the maintenance crews throughout British
Columbia.
JEFFREY DeFEHR, DIRECTOR
Jeff was first licensed as a Private Investigator in 1990 and gained two years of experience before returning to University College of the Cariboo. He returned in 1996 and has displayed his skills as office manager and site manager, the latter in situations dealing with security.
Jeff has demonstrated his skills in photography and has been approved by the Insurance Corporation of B.C and Workers Compensation Board as a qualified investigator. He has also had occasion to successfully complete assignments from independent insurance adjusters.
He brings with him experience from eight years in the Food and Service Industry. During those years he gained knowledge in management and employee relations.
In July 2002 Jeff was privileged to be asked to go to Toronto to assist with the security for the Pope’s visit to Canada. Jeff was responsible for the security of the stages which the Pope spoke from, he worked closely with the various polices forces onsite. Jeff also assisted with the organizing and setup of all access points to the CNE and Downsview grounds in Toronto.
Over the past years he has also be involved with concert and event security. He has also had the privilege to provide VIP security for the WWE in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. He has also managed the security for Canadian Idol in Calgary 2003 and 2005.
Jeff had the privilege of serving the Board of Directors of the Private Investigators Association of British Columbia as Treasurer.
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