REDMAN, DAVID
Rank: Captain and Deputy Commissioner (British Columbia)
Badge #: 5
Portrait of Captain David Redman by Borderland Guard sketch artist P. Heinicke, presented to him on the occasion of his promotion to Deputy Commissioner (British Columbia)
… born in Newfoundland… eldest child and only son of British immigrants… immersed in the folklore of his family and his community…
…Unremarkable childhood… at age sixteen… disappeared while hiking… search revealed no traces… arrived at front door of his parent’s home, very hungry, suffering from exposure and with no memory of his experiences or how he had found his way home…
… noticeable changes in behaviour and demeanour… driven… academic excellence… athletic achievements…
… Attended University of Toronto… full scholarship… major in Psychology… spent his first month of classes and in residence, apparently including all leisure time, completely silent. When he began speaking he no longer showed any sign of his childhood accent…
… Graduated with honours… confounded expectations that he would go on to Graduate-level studies and a distinguished career when he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police…
… rapid promotion… joined SERT (Special Emergency Response Team, the RCMP counter-terrorism unit); when SERT was disbanded and its functions transferred to Joint Task Force Two, he is alleged to have continued to work with JTF-2 in an advisory, training or liaison capacity. This can not be confirmed since, in accordance with policy, the Department of National Defence will not comment on the membership of JTF-2…
… Transferred to British Columbia… Beltane Event… one of the highest-ranking officer in any organization to assume direct command of personnel on-site at the Border… The sector under his command was the only one in North America to have no violent incidents by human beings or Fae…
…pivotal role in the formation of the Borderland Guard… offered position of Commissioner but declined, citing his preference to remain involved in day-to-day police work… has lead the Vancouver detachment since the formal inception of the Guard… pioneered the employment of officers with backgrounds outside traditional policing or the military… citing his own experiences as an example, he says that the best Borderland Guard officers have been “touched by the strange”…
… rank belies his influence behind the scenes… said to have lobbied hard with both Canadian and Fae authorities to establish the position of Liaison… hosting pilot project…
… highest-rated performance evaluations of any officer commanding a detachment in the Guard… Vancouver personnel have a profound degree of personal loyalty to him… one officer said, “Yeah, if you screw up out there, Redman will kick your ass… after he busts his ass getting you back home safe and sound.”
SKILLS: Ranked highly in hand-to-hand armed and unarmed combat… interrogation… counter-terrorism… small-unit tactics… motivational speaking… card tricks…
