Staff Sergeant, Training & Recruiting
The Staff Sergeant of Training and Recruiting for the Grande Prairie Police Service is Mike Lefebvre. His role is to work with trainers, experts, and external agencies to develop and oversee training programs for new recruits and experienced officers, as well as to develop and execute a recruitment process.
Originally from Timmins, Ontario, Staff Sergeant Lefebvre joined the RCMP in 1998 and spent his first five years posted in general duty at the Fort St. John, B.C. detachment. He then spent nine years developing his investigative skills in Sault Ste. Marie, ON, splitting his time between street-level drug investigations and projects focused on complex investigations and organized crime, as well as instructing.
He and his family transferred to Grande Prairie in 2012, which led to four years in general duty, a promotion to corporal and then sergeant, getting further involved in instructing. From 2016 until his retirement in March 2022, Staff Sergeant Lefebvre took over the role of Staff Sergeant in charge of plainclothes and specialized investigative units and represented the RCMP on various committees in the community.
After retiring, he took on the role of a director with Grande Prairie Enforcement Services and jumped at the opportunity to be a part of the development of GPPS. Grande Prairie is home to Staff Sergeant Lefebvre and he sees the new police service as a fresh start, implementing innovative ideas and developing tailored approaches to address the specific needs of the city.
Staff Sergeant Lefebvre is passionate about cultivating and developing outstanding, ethical, empathetic, and professional officers in a culture where they are esteemed and consistently uphold principles of fair treatment within the community. His other passions are his family, including his wife, four children, and three grandchildren, and spending time outdoors.

Sergeant, Training Unit
Serving as sergeant in the training unit for the Grande Prairie Police Service is Shawn Graham, who spent most of his 25-year career with the RCMP in Grande Prairie. He will be responsible for training new experienced police officers and new applicants, as well as the ongoing training on members.
Sergeant Graham has been involved with tactical training for his entire career and has worked in Community Policing and as a School Resource Officer. He was promoted to corporal in 2015 in Grande Prairie while on general duty and then to sergeant in Community Policing in 2018.
After a quarter-century with the RCMP, Sergeant Graham says it was time to take on a new challenge and jumped at the unique opportunity to help start up a new police force in Grande Prairie. He hopes to bring a high level of training for officers, helping to develop a police service that meets community needs and create a safe environment for residents.
Outside of work, Sergeant Graham enjoys coaching volleyball for the South Peace Volleyball Club.

Constable, Training Unit
Graham Bourke has joined the Grande Prairie Police Service as a Senior Constable working on developing and delivering training for new recruits and experienced officers. Bourke is excited to have made his way home for the position, having grown up in northern Alberta.
He comes to the city from Langley, B.C., where he spent seven years with the RCMP as a constable, working in frontline policing, collision investigations, and training as a police instructor. Prior to that, Senior Constable Bourke put in seven years of service with the B.C. Sheriff Service, including four years in northern B.C. and three as a sergeant in B.C.’s lower mainland, after completing Sheriff Recruit Training Academy at the Justice Institute of British Columbia.
Senior Constable Bourke brings with him a strong desire to teach and train in policing, along with a sense of pride in what he does, and a passion for serving the community. Outside of work, his wife and five children keep him busy, and he enjoys spending time outdoors hunting, fishing, and hiking.
