The RCMP in Quebec - A Word From our Commanding Officer

Welcome to all Internet Users,

As the Commanding Officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Québec, I am very pleased to welcome you on our Internet site.

This site was designed especially for you. It provides a wealth of general information about your Federal police service, as well as information on the services offered by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Québec, concerning both our investigation operations and prevention efforts.

I invite you to visit our site as you please and I hope that you will find all the information you are looking for about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Assistant Commissioner François Deschênes,
Commanding Officer, "C" Division

Commanding Officer's Biography

François Deschênes joined the Force in 1982, and spent the bulk of his career as an investigator in Ontario and Quebec, where he worked in economic crime, customs and internal investigations. He was also a staff relations sub-representative for a few years.

He was commissioned in 2000 and took the helm of the Commercial Crime Section in Montreal. In the wake of 9/11, he was put in charge of national security investigations within the Montreal integrated team. He was then named commander of the Integrated Technological Crime Unit, and subsequently promoted to the position of Assistant Criminal Operations Officer, in "C" Division’s Financial Integrity Program.

In 2007, François Deschênes became the Criminal Operations Officer in "C" Division.

Originally from the Quebec City area, Assistant Commissioner Deschênes is married with two children. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1997.