It was recently announced that Calgary’s top cop would be sticking around a little longer.

CityNews recently sat down with interim chief Katie McLellan to learn a bit more about how she got here and her vision for the city.

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Katie McLellan always wanted to be a police officer.

She didn’t know anyone working as one, but she created a family of like-minded loved ones who also put on the uniform. She married a police officer, and their two sons now work on the frontlines of the force, where she is now chief. Their daughter is in culinary school.

“It’s been a crazy ride,” McLellan says. “I always wanted to be a police officer.”

It began when the Father Lacombe High School grad took on a summer student position in the victims’ assistance unit. Afte

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