Commissionaires Windsor Celebrates 75 Years Service to Essex and Kent Counties

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“The service provided is consistently professional and commissionaires maintain an excellent relationship with visitors and staff.” Edmond MacNeil, NS Power

News Release

May 20, 2009, Windsor, ON - Commissionaires Windsor was established on June 4, 1934 and is proud to celebrate its 75th anniversary this year. LCol Archie Neilson, CEO, announces an Open House will be held at the Headquarters of the Division located at 3379 Walker Road, in Windsor, on Thursday, June 4, 2009 to celebrate this significant milestone of 75 years of service to Essex and Kent Counties. This event will run from 1400 hrs to 1700 hrs.

Invitees will include our commissionaires, our clients and the general public. The Mayors of Windsor and Chatham as well as the Mayors of surrounding Municipalities in Essex and Kent County along with Members of Parliament and Members of the Provincial Legislature have also been invited.

There will be a cake cutting ceremony at 1500 hrs. Demonstrations of our high tech Digital Fingerprinting Service will be conducted throughout the afternoon.

All members of the media are invited to attend this event. We request that you notify Commissionaires' office at 519 966 9651 of your intentions to be present by June 2, 2009.

Background information
Commissionaires Canada was founded in 1925 and is Canada's largest full -security organization. Commissionaires was founded to provide meaningful employment for former Canadian Forces and RCMP personnel. There are more than 19,000 Commissionaires in Canada serving Government, business and institutions from Newfoundland to British Columbia. Although security duties are the backbone of Commissionaires' services, we also provides organizations with a variety of professional services which include airport security, training, fingerprinting and ID services, court services, parking control officers and special event security. For more information go to www.commissionaires.ca or call 877 322 6777.

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For more information please contact:

LCol Archie Neilson
CEO
Commissionaires Windsor
519 966 - 9651
ceo@commissionaireswindsor.ca

Full information on Commissionaires can be found at www.commissionaires.ca.

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