London Inc. Winter 2021 - 48

Evan Harrison
Constable, London Police Service | 33
Also a recipient of the Ontario Police Association's Police Hero of the Year in 2020, Evan Harrison
spends countless hours outside of his on-duty time giving back to the community and working with
special-needs groups.

What would you say is your biggest business
achievement? As a school safety oﬃcer working in the
London Police Service's Community Services Unit, I have the
opportunity to create programs that I ﬁnd valuable to our city.
One noteworthy program that I truly enjoy is our hospital visit
days. This is when I take the time to visit the children who
are currently admitted, and I have been blessed to have the
opportunity to work with Children's Hospital, ChildCan and
other amazing programs within the city.

20 UNDER 40 * CLASS OF 2020

You also have crossed paths with someone on this
year's 20 Under 40 list before, correct? In 2014,
4, I entered
tition representing the
into a charity dance competition
h another oﬃcer to raise
London Police Service with
money for deﬁbrillators - it was called Dancing
with the Stars of 911. Ashleyy Aarts volunteered
her time to coach and choreograph
eograph my team's
dance through her studio att Dance London. By
no means have I ever danced
ed before in my life,
but we ended up winning the
he competition!
Who has been your biggest
est influence
throughout your career? I look at my wife,
who is the deﬁnition of strength
ength and
ncer at
courage, as she had beat cancer
the young age of 30. I look at my
coworkers in the Community
ty
Services Unit, who do such
amazing work and truly have
ve
been the people to help me
excel in my own role. I also
look at the other police
oﬃcers, who I am proud
to work alongside and
who show courage and
resiliency every day.
These are the people
that inﬂuence me to
be the best version of
myself.

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This pandemic taught me to cherish our
time with loved ones, to revert back to
family dinners, to go for walks and to enjoy
life to our highest potential

What has Covid-19 taught you about yourself and your
work? It p
proved to me that we, as a community, are stronger
than we think. This pandemic tau
taught me to cherish
our time with loved ones, to rrevert back to family
dinners, to go for walks and to enjoy life to our
highest potential.
What's on your bookshelf
booksh these days?
Greenlights
I have just ﬁnished the memoir
m
McConaughey. I am a big Mitch
by Matthew McConaughe
The Five People you
Albom fan, and have read T
Meet in Heaven numerous
numero times, as well as
Tuesdays with Morrie.
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