Dr. Patrick Lalonde - New Westminster Police Board

Dr. Patrick Lalonde has served as a Provincial Member on the New Westminster Police Board since 2022. He is employed as a faculty member and BA Applied Criminology Program Coordinator in the Department of Criminology & Legal Studies at Douglas College. He teaches courses in policing, border security, media and crime, and criminal justice system professionalism and interviewing skills. Patrick’s research interests are related to Canadian border security, policing, surveillance, and migration. He has been published in major academic journals including Policing & Society and the British Journal of Criminology. Patrick holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Waterloo as well as an MA Criminology and BA (Hons.) Criminology from the University of Windsor. He previously worked as a peace officer while employed as a Student Border Services Officer with Canada Border Services Agency through FSWEP. Patrick has previous organizational governance experience related to serving as a Senator on the University of Windsor Senate (the institution’s highest academic decision-making body) as well as various committees and subcommittees.