Sergeant Jean-Marc Michaud has been working as a police officer for the last 25 years in the Province of Québec. He worked as a municipal police officer for 15 years in the northern region of Québec in a small community called Chibougamau. He presently works for the Sûrete du Québec in Montréal as the provincial coordinator in Crime Prevention which includes elder abuse and fraud. He is also a teacher at John Abbott College in the police technology program since 2003. On August 24 2010 in Alberta, he was awarded a National prize by the Bank of Canada for his work in counterfeit money and fraud.