Executive Management
 Chief Constable Jim Cessford came to Delta Police Department from a dynamic career with the Edmonton Police Service spanning 27 years. He worked as a homicide and major crimes investigator for 14 years, conducting numerous complex and high profile investigations. He received extensive training as a hostage negotiator and was recognized and designated by the courts as an expert in this area after handling numerous high risk situations as the primary negotiator.
For several years Chief Cessford lectured at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa on hostage negotiation and commanding high risk situations. In addition to this operational experience, Chief Cessford studied community based policing at Michigan State University. He has extensive experience in emergency preparedness as he was the designated Emergency Planning Officer for the City of Edmonton and conducted presentations to Emergency Preparedness agencies across Canada.
Jim Cessford was Superintendent in charge of Edmonton's Downtown Division until he accepted the appointment of Chief Constable with Delta Police Department in 1995, bringing his vast and diverse expertise to the Department.
Chief Cessford has successfully guided this Department through significant changes and has consistently demonstrated his strong belief in a team environment. The Chief has a unique ability to impart to others his belief—that we can make the leap from what is to what can be. He displays a strong sense of purpose, consistently relating day-to-day activities to future vision.
Shortly after his arrival, Chief Cessford implemented a new service delivery model, Community Based Policing, which encompassed four primary components—partnership, ownership, customer service and problem-solving.
Although this philosophy was not new to Delta, Chief Cessford took it to new levels, believing that this was quite simply "policing" and the way in which we do business. This is the foundational philosophy we build on for our service delivery model.
In 1999 the Chief implemented the strategic planning process. This process encourages all involved in the Department to contribute to its direction and successes. This reflects the Chief's strong sense of purpose and ability to consistently reinforce future vision and provide direction, leading this Department strategically from where we are to where we can be.
He has been President of both the Municipal Chiefs of Police and BC Association of Chiefs of Police; a member of various BCACP committees; member of the Steering Committee that built the Organized Crime Agency of BC (now named Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit) and has lectured at the Justice Institute of BC, Simon Fraser University, University of Alberta and other organizations across Canada. He is presently Chair of the Canadian Police Research Centre based in Ottawa and on the Advisory Board of Kwantlen College. In 2009 he was named Citizen of the Year by the Delta Chamber of Commerce and in 2010 became a Member of the Order of Merit for Police Forces, presented by Governor General in Ottawa.
Chief Cessford resides in Delta with his wife and three children, coaches baseball and rep hockey, and is a regular volunteer reader and scribe during final exams for high school students with learning disabilities.
 Deputy Chief Constable Lyle Beaudoin graduated from North Delta Secondary Senior School and started his career with the Delta Police Department in 1978 as a volunteer Reserve Police Constable. He was hired as a regular Police Constable in 1979 and was the recipient of the Chief Constable Award during training at the Justice Institute of British Columbia.
During his years of service he has worked within Patrol Division, the Emergency Response Team, the Criminal Investigation Branch, the Task Force, Community Policing and Support Services Branch. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1992, Staff Sergeant in 1996, Superintendent in Charge of Operations in 1999 and to Deputy Chief Constable in 2004.
His appointments have included Chair of the Regional Operations Police Managers Committee, co chair of an international border committee and chair of a joint operations committee dealing with provincial marijuana grow-op issues. He has also been involved in a variety of Integrated Policing initiatives relating to the Port Authority, the Integrated Gang Task Force and Municipal Chiefs' Committee on Lower Mainland Integration. In addition, Deputy Chief Beaudoin is on the executive council of the BC Law Enforcement Torch Run, which annually supports BC's Special Olympics.
Lyle Beaudoin brings much experience and leadership to his position of Deputy Chief Constable.
 Deputy Chief Constable Rich Drinovz began his career as a Delta Police Reserve Constable in 1979 and was hired as a regular member in 1980.
In the course of his career he has served in Patrol, was seconded to CFSEU-BC (previously called the Organized Crime Agency of BC) to work on a variety of high profile and complex investigations, in community relations, on the Emergency Response Team and in the Criminal Investigation Branch where he was promoted to Sergeant. On completing service in CIB he was promoted to Staff Sergeant in Patrol, then Superintendent of Operations.
In 2004 Rich Drinovz was promoted to Officer in Charge of Human Resources and Administration until 2009 when he was promoted to Deputy Chief Constable in charge of Administration Division. He brings his experience and the respect of the membership and community to our organization.
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