Shelley Horne

Superintendent Shelley Horne joined the Vancouver Police Department in 1996. She began her career working in Patrol District 4 and later completed assignments in the Planning Research & Audit Section, the Sex Crimes Unit, and the Domestic Violence and Criminal Harassment Unit. During these assignments, Superintendent Horne led numerous complex projects and investigations.

In 2014, Superintendent Horne was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the Professional Standards Section, where she led a high profile, external investigation, receiving a commendation from the Police Complaint Commissioner for her work on the file. She later returned to the Sex Crimes Unit to lead a team of detectives, while also supervising VPD detectives assigned to the Treehouse – Vancouver Child and Youth Advocacy Centre, an agency with a co-located multidisciplinary team focused on the intervention and prevention of child abuse.

In 2017, upon her promotion to staff sergeant, Superintendent Horne was assigned to the Human Resources Section, as the staff sergeant in charge of employee services for all VPD sworn members. In 2019, Superintendent Horne was promoted to inspector and returned to the Professional Standards Section serving as a designated Discipline Authority until December 2020, when she returned to the Investigation Division, becoming the Inspector in charge of the Special Investigation Section. In this role, Superintendent Horne led six units focused on the investigation of crimes involving intimate partner violence, sexual assault and exploitation, child abuse, high risk offenders, and criminal harassment. Superintendent Horne also served on several local and provincial committees focusing on the safety of women and children.

Superintendent Horne was promoted to superintendent in December 2021, and is presently in the Investigative Division in the Special Investigative Section.

Superintendent Horne holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from the University of British Columbia, and is active in her community, currently volunteering her time serving on the board of a local youth sports organization.