Harold Laninga

The new Staff Sergeant for Steinbach RCMP is excited to make the move here. Harold Laninga has been with the RCMP for 25 years. He's been stationed in The Pas for 16 of the last 18 years, the last 3 as detachment commander. He says, "We love The Pas and it's been home for 16 of the last 18 years. My wife and I have always said that, if Steinbach was available, that was the one community we're prepared to leave The Pas for. So we were very excited when we saw it came open and I had the opportunity to move to Steinbach. We're really looking forward to it."

Staff Sergeant Laninga says what he likes about Steinbach is that it's a beautiful city with good values and it's a busy detachment. He hopes to be here in about 6 weeks.

His style of management involves communication and transparency. He explains, "The big thing with me is communication, make sure that I'm always available, that I'm open to members of the public. I hope that if there's concerns that they would call me. You know, having been in The Pas for a long time, everyone does know me here and I get a lot of phone calls about issues and I hope that that'll be the same situation in Steinbach. And, I've always had very close relationship with our mayors and community councils and I trust that that will proceed. With me, communication is a big deal; just openness and transparency."