FOG BLOG POLICE LOG: MICHAEL DUHEME BECOMES INTERIM RCMP COMMISSIONER!

Michael Duheme named interim RCMP commissioner Former employees warn structural and cultural issues remain for next RCMP leader The federal government has announced Michael Duheme will lead the RCMP in the interim as they hunt for a permanent leader.

Duheme serves as deputy commissioner of federal policing and will take the helm tomorrow after RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki's retirement.

"I have every confidence that his extensive experience in policing across the country and around the world has prepared him well to lead our national police force," said Public Safety Marco Mendicino in a statement.

Duheme, originally from Chambly, Que., started his career as a general duty investigator in Nova Scotia and has served stints as an officer with RCMP's Emergency Response Team, a member of the Kosovo peacekeeping mission, a VIP personal protection officer, the first director of the Parliamentary Protective Service and commanding officer of National Division in Ottawa.

As the head of the RCMP's federal policing wing, he's had his hand in some of the country's most sensitive files.

Duheme has made recent appearances in the public spotlight, accompanying Lucki to the Emergencies Act inquiry last fall and last month gave an update to MPs probing allegations of foreign interference.