Rick Lucy
"It’s my experience that there is a natural characteristic in people both to be curious about matters of diversity, but also to want to welcome and to work in concert with those who we get to know better. I believe it is incumbent on all of us as community members to do our part to be informed on matters of diversity, to help increase diversity knowledge and awareness, and to contribute to the celebration of our differences."

Rick Lucy is the Deputy Chief Constable of Operations for the Abbotsford Police Department, where he has been employed since 1982. Since 2007, he has been assisting with the development of the Windhoek City Police (WCP) in Namibia, Africa. WCP was established in 2006, and is the first city police department in Namibia, which achieved its independence in 1990. Rick was the recipient of the 2010 Champion of Diversity Award presented at the annual Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards.