TORONTO - There's a new commanding officer in charge of the Ontario division of the RCMP -- also known as "O Division."
Stephen White is the 35th commanding officer of "O Division" since 1920.
He takes over from Mike McDonell, who retired from the RCMP in July 2010.
White, who is from Newfoundland, joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1986 and has many years of experience in federal policing and financial crime.
He has been the RCMP's director general of financial crime since 2008 and was appointed assistant commissioner in 2009.
Commissioner William J.S. Elliott calls White "an exemplary Mountie" and an "inspirational and people-oriented leader."
