appoint Stockwell Day as Chairman of the Board
HON. STOCKWELL DAY, PC APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
OF FIRST RESPONDER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Vancouver, British Columbia – July 10, 2020 – First Responder Technologies Inc. (“First
Responder” or the “Company”) (CSE: WPN | OTCQB: WPNNF | FWB: 3WK), a developer of WiFi‐
based technologies for detecting concealed weapons and for deterring mass shooting and terror
attacks involving concealed weapons, is pleased to announce the appointment of Hon. Stockwell
Day, PC as the new independent Chairman of the Company’s board of directors, effective
immediately. Mr. Day is succeeding Mr. Kulwant (Kal) Malhi, who served as Chairman since 2019.
Mr. Malhi will also step down from his position as a director. Mr. Howard Gutman, former
Ambassador of the United States of America to Belgium, will replace Mr. Day as Head of the
Company’s advisory council.
Robert Delamar, the Company’s CEO commented, “Mr. Day brings a wealth of external and
internal experience to the role: externally, through his distinguished career in public service,
including his time in office spent as Canada's former Minister of Public Safety, former Vice‐Chair
of Canada’s Parliamentary Subcommittee on Human Rights, and Chair of the Cross‐Cultural
Roundtable on Security; and internally, through his service as the former Head of the Company’s
advisory council, among which he led a team of board members, executives and advisors in the
conceptualization, drafting and adoption of the Company’s Statement of Values.”
Mr. Day commented, “I am honoured to take on this role. With incidents of shootings and
terrorist attacks in public, commercial and residential spaces on the rise, the implementation of
concealed weapons detection technology solutions has become a necessity for governments, law
enforcement, security agencies, landlords and homeowners. While these solutions have the real
potential to increase public safety, they must be balanced with a commitment to privacy so that
citizens may go about their business without fear of racial, religious or socio‐economic profiling;
personal intrusion, including loss of liberty and privacy; and/or powerful, rapidly changing
technology falling into the wrong hands. I believe the Company, in the design of its products,
and through the Company’s Statement of Values (key provisions of which have been made
contractually binding through the terms of the Company’s reseller agreements), is committed to
balancing these competing interests, and I believe these products represent the possibility of a
real change in the way cities, commercial premises and residences are protected in the future,
and safeguarded from the threats posed by armed criminals and terrorists.”
“The Company wishes to thank Mr. Malhi for his service on the Company’s board, and looks
forward to receiving his continued strategic advice and guidance in his continued role as the
Company’s founder,” Mr. Delamar added.
The Company’s Statement of Values, referenced above, can be accessed online at the following
link: https://www.firstrespondertech.com/statement‐of‐values/
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“Robert F. Delamar”
Robert F. Delamar, CEO
First Responder Technologies Inc.
915 ‐ 700 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC. V6C 1G8
+1‐604‐227‐9821
About Hon. Stockwell Day, PC
Hon. Stockwell Day, PC is Canada’s former Minister of Public Safety, where he was the minister
responsible for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (National Police Force), the Canadian Security
Intelligence Service (National and Foreign Intelligence), and the Canada Border Services Agency
(National Border Agency). In addition, Mr. Day served as Minister of International Trade, Minister
for the Asia‐Pacific Gateway, Regional Minister for British Columbia, and Chair of the Cabinet
Committee on Afghanistan. Prior to his service in the federal cabinet, Mr. Day served as Canada’s
Leader of the Official Opposition (2000‐2001). Before his time in federal politics, Mr. Day served
as treasurer (Minister of Finance) and acting premier of Alberta. Today, Mr. Day serves on a
number of corporate boards and non‐governmental organizations, and acts as a Distinguished
Fellow for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
About Ambassador Howard Gutman
Ambassador Howard Gutman is the United States of America’s former Ambassador to Belgium,
serving under President Barack Obama. Mr. Gutman is also a former Special Assistant to the
Director of the FBI for Counter‐Intelligence and Counter‐Terrorism, a former judicial law clerk
serving on the United States Supreme Court, and a former leading Washington DC attorney (for
27 years).
About First Responder Technologies Inc.
First Responder Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) is a technology development company that
commercializes academic and internally developed intellectual property for use in the public
safety market. The Company is developing a WiFi‐based technology, based in part, on academic
research licensed from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (“Rutgers”) that can be used
to detect concealed weapons. The Company’s threat detection technology line of business was
created to capture a significant portion of the global weapons detection systems market, and in
particular, the global perimeter security detection market. In the Company’s view, WiFi‐based
threat detection technology may be utilized by a wide range of facilities, including schools, places
of worship, shopping centres and theatres, to not only make their premises secure, but also
reduce their cost of security, from the interior of a facility to the perimeter.
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