Inspector (Ret.) Lance Valcour O.O.M. retired from the Ottawa Police Service in 2010 after 33 years of service. Since that time, Lance has been a tireless advocate for public safety interoperability in Canada and beyond. He helped create and then led the Canadian Interoperability Technology Interest Group, sat on the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council Board, represented Canada on SAFECOM and worked closely with the First Responder Network Authority and National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Public Safety Communications Research Division on a wide range of issues, with a special focus on cross-border interoperability. Lance is a Life Member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
Lance is also, an independent consultant, strategic adviser, author, marketing technologist, digital evangelist, coach, internationally recognized keynote speaker, and facilitator on a wide range of public safety issues including information management, information and communications technology, interoperability, and business development. He is an active triathlete, having completed his first half-iron distance race in 2022, and is in the process of publishing his first book.
