Dean Syniak, Chief of Police

Serving with Lakeshore Regional Police Service for fourteen years and a career spanning three decades, the new police chief is committed to his role that serves an area including Driftpile Cree Nation, Sucker Creek First Nation, Kapawe’no First Nation, Sawridge First Nation, and Swan River First Nation. Chief Dean Syniak joined Lakeshore in 2010 as a Sergeant and moved up to Inspector-Operations Officer in 2020.

His policing career began in 1995 at Hobbema Police Services where he served until 2000. He further worked at the Louis Bull Police Service and Blood Tribe Police Service until he moved to this area in 2010. Before his full-time career, he served as an auxiliary constable with Breton RCMP for three years. Syniak then trained in the policing program at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton.

He has been awarded the Alberta Police Long Service medal, the Alberta Emergency Services medal, and the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum medal.

Chief Syniak is highly interested in community policing and strives to continue a strong relationship between this police service and the nations we serve. He is dedicated to making communities safer and healthier in various ways.

His top priorities include strong community-based policing and to ensure we continue to work with local and provincial resources to tackle mental health and addiction issues. He is also committed to building partnerships with the RCMP members of Faust, High Prairie, and Slave Lake. Plans are also underway to expand the Lakeshore detachment in the next year or two.

Chief Syniak is accountable to the Lakeshore Regional Police Commission in the overall operations of the service.