{{Short description|Canadian police chief (born 1965)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dale McFee | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OOM|size=100%}} | image = | caption = | office = Chief of the Edmonton Police Service | predecessor = Rod Knecht | successor = Devin Laforce (interim) Warren Driechel (interim) | term_start = February 1, 2019 | term_end = February 21, 2025 | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1965}} | birth_place = Grosse Isle, Manitoba, Canada | spouse = | alma_mater = | occupation = Police officer | party = | signature = | website = }}
'''Dale McFee''' is the former Chief of the Edmonton Police Service. He is the former president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the former deputy minister of Corrections and Policing in Saskatchewan. McFee was the first Métis police chief in Alberta.
==Early life and education== McFee grew up in Grosse Isle, Manitoba, moving to St. Albert, Alberta at the age of 13.<ref name="pashof">{{cite web |title=Dale McFee - Athlete/Builder |url=https://pashof.ca/inductee/dale-mcfee-athlete-builder/ |website=Prince Albert Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=2 January 2019}}</ref>
==Hockey career== McFee was recruited to join the Prince Albert Raiders at the age of 16, playing from 1982 to 1986, winning the Memorial Cup in 1985.<ref name="pashof" /> He was an assistant coach from 1990 to 1992, and served as president from 2007 to 2016.<ref name="pashof" /> His sports career includes playing in provincial championship teams in hockey, baseball, and football.
==Policing career== McFee has served as a police officer since 1993.<ref name="CBC Johnston 2018">{{cite news |last1=Johnston |first1=Janice |title='Diversity is a strength': Dale McFee is Edmonton's new top cop |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-new-police-chief-1.4895351 |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=7 November 2018}}</ref> From 2011 to 2014 McFee was president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.<ref name="EPS bio">{{cite web |title=Chief Dale McFee |url=https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/AboutEPS/EPSOrganizationGovernance/ChiefofPolice |website=www.edmontonpolice.ca |publisher=Edmonton Police Service |access-date=3 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> McFree retired as the Chief of Police of the Edmonton Police Service in February, 2025.
===Prince Albert Police Service=== McFee began his policing career at the Prince Albert Police Service.<ref name="CBC Johnston 2018" /> During his time as chief of police, McFee increased Indigenous officer representation by 38 percent.<ref name="CBC Huncar 2018">{{cite news |last1=Huncar |first1=Andrea |title=New Metis police chief offers hope to Edmonton's diverse communities |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/new-m%C3%A9-tis-police-chief-offers-hope-to-edmonton-s-diverse-communities-1.4896532 |access-date=3 May 2023 |agency=CBC News |date=8 November 2018}}</ref>
===Edmonton Police Service=== McFee was hired as a reformer with a mandate to increase diversity within the Edmonton Police Service.<ref name="CBC Johnston 2018" /><ref name="CBC Huncar 2018" /> In 2022, McFee faced criticism when it was revealed through a freedom of information request that he was the second-highest paid chief of police in Canada, at $340,000 a year.<ref name="Progress Report Kinney 2022">{{cite news |last1=Kinney |first1=Duncan |title=Here's what it took to learn that EPS Chief Dale McFee is one of the most well-paid police chiefs in the country |url=https://www.theprogressreport.ca/eps_chief_dale_mcfee_is_one_of_the_most_well_paid_police_chiefs_in_the_country |access-date=3 May 2023 |work=The Progress Report |date=10 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="CityNews Chew 2022">{{cite news |last1=Chew |first1=Sarah |title='Ridiculous amount of money': Edmontonians react to police chief's $340k salary |url=https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2022/06/12/edmonton-police-chief-salary/ |access-date=3 May 2023 |work=edmonton.citynews.ca |agency=CityNews |date=12 June 2022}}</ref>
==Scholarship== McFee is co-author on journal articles and chapters covering policing, mental health, and reconciliation.<ref name="Kamkar et. al. 2020">{{cite journal |last1=Kamkar |first1=Katy |last2=Edwards |first2=Grant |last3=Hesketh |first3=Ian |last4=McFee |first4=Dale |last5=Papazoglou |first5=Konstantinos |last6=Pedersen |first6=Paul |last7=Sanders |first7=Katrina |last8=Stamatakis |first8=Tom |last9=Thompson |first9=Jeff |title=Dialogue Highlights from the LEPH2019 Panel on Police Mental Health and Well-Being : [LEPH2019] |journal=Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being |date=23 April 2020 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=2–7 |doi=10.35502/jcswb.123|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Taylor et. al. 2022">{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Norm |last2=Corley |first2=Cal |last3=McFee |first3=Dale |last4=Torigian |first4=Matthew |title=Law Enforcement and Public Health |chapter=Improving Community Outcomes and Social Equity Through Leveraged Police Leadership |date=2022 |pages=85–109 |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-83913-0_7 |isbn=978-3-030-83912-3 }}</ref><ref name="Doyle and McFee 2017">{{cite journal |last1=Doyle |first1=Sarah |last2=McFee |first2=Dale |title=Building the case for a National Outcomes Fund |journal=Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being |date=17 March 2017 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=22 |doi=10.35502/jcswb.35|doi-access=free }}</ref>
==See also== * Edmonton Police Service * The Métis * Prince Albert Raiders * Alex Decoteau
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