Jim Ramer

James Ramer has been a member of the Toronto Police Service since 1980, and is presently the Deputy Chief of Specialized Operations Command.

As the head of Specialized Operations Command he oversees over 1,200 police officers and over 160 civilian members, and manages a budget of $240M. The Command is comprised of the Service’s various investigative squads and a variety of uniform specialized units.

In his prior rank of Staff Superintendent of Detective Operations, he was responsible for such specialized units as Homicide, Hold Up, Sex Crimes, and Financial Crimes. He was also the Unit Commander at 22 Division, the Community Mobilization Unit, Professional Standards, the Emergency Task Force and Intelligence Services.

He holds memberships with the International Chief of Police, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police. He sits on sub-committees for the CACP and OACP pertaining to counter terrorism and national security issues, and organized crime. Deputy Ramer is also a member of the Executive Body for the Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario.

Deputy Ramer has completed the Leadership in Counter Terrorism Program (LinCT) and Leadership and Counter Terrorism (LAPD), Senior Police Management (Boston College), and National Securities Studies (Canadian Forces Staff College). He has also completed the National Incident Commanders Course (NICWGA), the Senior Police Administration course, and is a certified Incident Commander.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and History, together with post-graduate studies in Industrial Relations and Ontario History, from the University of Toronto.

In 2010, he was awarded the 30 year Police Exemplary Service Medal, in 2012 was a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and in 2019, was appointed Member of the Order of Merit (M.O.M.) of the Police Forces.