Cornwall police chief designate Hugh Stevenson sworn in

It was standing room only in the Cornwall council chambers at city hall on Thursday as the new chief designate of Cornwall Police Service Hugh Stevenson was sworn in.Stevenson will officially become the city’s next chief of police on Jan. 1. He will maintain his current designate role until Chief Shawna Spowart’s official retirement at the end of 2026.Police service staff members and members of Stevenson’s family watched as the former Sault Ste. Marie chief of police took his