Biographical Overview

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Cullen Johnson, the President and Principal Investigator of Internal Affairs, served with the Toronto Police Service for over 24 years. His experience involved primarily Detective (Investigative) Operations, including extensive assignments to general Criminal Investigation (i.e. C.I.B.), Intelligence Services, the Fraud Squad and Professional Standards (i.e. Internal Affairs). These assignments necessarily entailed the investigation of a full range of Criminal Code and other Federal and Provincial Offences including such matters as Homicide, Robbery, Sexual Assault, Breaking and Entering, Threatening, Theft, Obstruction of Justice as well as violations of the Narcotic Control Act and other matters.

Cullen's investigative responsibilities often necessitated the development and supervision of, as well as participation in, Joint Force Investigation projects and Tactical Surveillance in conjunction with other Police Agencies and/or the Criminal Investigation Service for Ontario (C.I.S.O.)

Cullen voluntarily retired from the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service in 1996, having attained the rank of Detective Sergeant. He subsequently became involved in private investigations and formed his own Agency, Johnson Investigations Inc. O/A Internal Affairs .

Cullen served as Executive Assistant to two Chiefs of Police (John W. Ackroyd, 1981 and William McCormack, 1990).

His experience, academic qualifications, organization and communication skills resulted in frequent research, brief preparation and other writing assignments, particularly in relation to proposed legislation, on behalf of, inter alia, the Metropolitan Toronto Police Service, the Board ofCommissioners of Police and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.

Cullen appeared as a witness before several Royal Commissions of Inquiry (i.e. the Morand Commission, the Krever Commission) and authored and presented Briefs before both the Federal and Provincial Standing Committees on Justice and Legal Affairs (i.e. proposed Freedom of Information and Privacy Act and Police Complaints legislation).

Cullen has written extensively, including his Master's Dissertation entitled, "Police Discretion as Rule Governed Action", is published in the Advocates Quarterly (a Civil Litigation Journal) and has taught at Humber College ("Principles of Law Enforcement").

He has appeared both on television (i.e. C.H.C.H. Television, Hamilton, Ontario "Soliciting for the purpose of Prostitution") and in a National Film Board documentary concerning abuse of the elderly entitled, "A House Divided ".

Cullen is a former Member of the Board of Directors of the Council of Private Investigators - Ontario (C.P.I.O.), and is a professional member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).

Cullen holds Master's Degree in Criminology from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Western Ontario where he also attended the Faculty of Law. In addition, Cullen attended various professional development and technical training courses at the Ontario Police College, Aylmer, Ontario and the Canadian Police College, Ottawa, Ontario throughout his policing career and received numerous vocational certificates and diplomas related to criminal investigation and law enforcement management.