Q+A | N.W.T.’s outgoing top RCMP officer on reconciliation, change and ‘an unprecedented year’ [Video]

The N.W.T’s top RCMP officer is leaving his job after less than two years in the role. 

Chief Supt. Sydney Lecky will start a new job this month as chief of the Timmins Police Service in Ontario. 

Lecky spoke with CBC’s Trailbreaker guest host Marc Winkler about what his time on the job has been like, and what he hopes for the next person who takes over. 

This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

You haven’t been in the job that long. Why have you decided to move on?

It’s one of those things in life where you have age and the amount of service, and they start to catch up with you, and if you’re going to do something different, you have to take the opportunities when they come. And that’s really the idea behind it. I love it here, but there’s just opportunities and I just don’t have enough runway left in front of me.

You’ve talked about prioritizing reconciliation …