On February. 5, 2020, Peterborough Chief of Police Scott Gilbert spoke to us about the challenges and opportunities of policing in the city of Peterborough. His presentation gave members a fascinating insight regarding the challenges and opportunities of policing for the city of Peterborough. Chief Gilbert’s answers to our many questions, were straight-forward and clear and were enhanced by his dry sense of humour. He was appointed Chief of Police for Peterborough on July 1, 2018. Building on his 38-year career with Toronto Police Services, his interest in this current role piqued after helping Peterborough police with some crisis intervention training. Chief Gilbert grew up in Toronto, but his father was from Whitney, Ontario about 170 kilometres north of Peterborough so he often drove through the city enrooted to visit family. He is an advocate of the importance of building community partnerships to increase trust and to address issues, noting that the opioid crisis is a major concern in both Peterborough and in Toronto’s 52 Division in the downtown core.