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A day removed from a report that stressed the importance of choosing a candidate that could steady its police force’s “fragile” work climate, the city of Montreal announced its choice for new police chief on Wednesday.

Sylvain Caron, a former assistant director of the Sûreté du Québec, has been chosen by the city’s selection committee in charge of finding a replacement for interim chief Martin Prud’homme.

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Prud’homme, who had taken the helm last December in a one-year effort to reform the troubled force, had urged the city to bypass the usual application process. In order to ensure a smooth transition, he instead recommended two replacements for his position, including Caron.

In a statement released Wednesday, the city said it met both candidates on Tuesday — the other being retired RCMP deputy commissioner Line Carbonneau — and came to its decision soon after.

The announcement came the day after the provincial government released Prud’homme’s report on his efforts to reshape the force and improve its image.