Neera Ritcey

Neera Ritcey joined Halifax Regional Police in 2017 and currently serves as the Divisional Manager for HRP’s Corporate Affairs Division. In this role, Neera provides integrated leadership for HRP’s various strategic organizational functions, including, corporate communications, public information and education, policy development, research, and planning while providing support for key organizational initiatives aligned with HRP’s 10-year strategic plan.

With a professional career in a variety of roles in public, private and non-profit sectors, Neera brings extensive experience and history of working with diverse audiences in complex, multi-jurisdictional regulatory and policy environments. Before joining HRP, she held progressive roles in the corporate sector with Nova Scotia Power and Emera Inc. (TSX:EMA) in Halifax, where she held positions encompassing corporate communications, public engagement as well as investor relations functions. Prior to that, she spent nearly seven years working with the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in a variety of roles.

Neera currently volunteers her time as a member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; as a member of CACP’s National Strategic Communications Working Group, and, as an Advisory Board Member for the Salvation Army - Maritime Division. Neera holds a Post-Graduate Certificate in Public Relations (with Honours) from Humber College in Toronto. She has completed the CIRI/Ivey Investor Relations Certification Program from the Ivey Business School - University of Western Ontario. Neera holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from Panjab University in India.