B.C.’s Second in Command —
A Rugged Crime Buster

ke By GE MORTIMORE *

“Pete” Bordeleau, officer in

charge of the criminal investiga-
tion bureau for the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police in British Columbia,
is an affable French-Canadian who
likes to go fishing.

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He leans across his desk at head-
quarters and inspects a visitor with
large candid eyes. In civilian clothes
he looks more like a friendly merchant
or postmaster than a policeman.

Appearances are deceptive. At the
age of 47, this chunky ex-athlete is
second in command of the Mounted
for all British Columbia—right-hand
man to Assistant Commissioner C. E.
Rivett-Carnac. And in the course of a
rugged crime-busting career he has
trapped a variety of criminals ranging
from cigarette smugglers to enemy
agents.

In keeping with the silent tradition
of the force, he is wary of discussing
his past cases with outsiders. His ca-
reer stays 80 per cent hidden, like an
iceberg.

His wartime job of protecting the
factories and power plants of heavily
industrialized Quebec province in-
cluded some cloak-and-dagger episodes
which have never been told and per-
haps never will be.

Family Didn’t Know
Even his wife, the former Rhea
Bourcier of Ormstown, Quebec and
two daughters Helen and Huguette
(now aged 15 and 13) didn’t know
what kind of work he was doing.

; Q , SUPT. J. R. W. BORDELEAU
He won't discuss the national secur-

ity job, but under pressure he will lift

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