BROADVIEW - Staff-Sgt. Dallyn Holmstrom is the detachment commander at the Broadview RCMP and also for the detachment in Kipling.
Holmstrom was raised near Whitewood, where his parents farmed and ranched.
He has spent his entire career in Saskatchewan, with his first post in Warman, followed by Red Earth First Nations and then Buffalo River First Nations.
Holmstrom then went on to the Saskatoon Drug Unit and later to the Saskatchewan Combined Forces Special Enforcements Unit.
Canora, Moosomin and Carlyle have also been his posts. While in Carlyle he penned the popular RCMP reports that appeared in the Observer each week. In August 2022, Holmstrom went to Broadview.
He has been with the RCMP for 17 years.
In the Broadview detachment, there are 13 police officers and four detachment service workers. The 13 members also include four corporals and eight constables. They are currently short one constable.
Out of the eight constables, five have under two years of service and two of them have under one year of service.
Holmstrom decided to become a police officer when he did a ride along in Grade 11 with a local constable from Broadview, and he really enjoyed the experience. He also took an aptitude test in high school which told him to become a police officer.
Although Holmstrom feels being a RCMP is a distinguished career, it is not to be sugarcoated.
“Not all the days are good,” said Holmstrom. “We continuously see people on their worse days.”
“Every day we have the opportunity and ability to make a difference in someone’s life,” he added.
There are many different avenues and career paths that one can take to become an RCMP officer, but all the training starts at the RCMP Depot in Regina.
According to Holmstrom, the possibilities are endless, including police dog services, drug units, forensic identification services, undercover units, tech crimes, major crimes and RCMP air services, to name a few.
“I have a lot of great memories,” said Holmstrom.
His best memories are working closely as a team of long-term organized crime projects.
“When you work on a long-term project that ends with arresting a high-level organized crime target, it is extremely rewarding,” he said.
Holmstrom also feels very rewarded to reaching the next step in his career by becoming a supervisor and detachment commander.
As a commander, it gives Holmstrom the opportunity to pass on his experiences and knowledge to the next generation of police officers.
