Robert Freberg speaks ahead of a Canadian Sport Shooting Association election in 2019. (Canadian Sport Shooting Association/YouTube)

By CKOM News Staff

Saskatchewan government names provincially-appointed chief firearms officer

Jul 28, 2020 | 1:07 PM

A longtime security systems CEO and firearms instructor from Saskatoon is being tabbed as the man who will enforce the federal Firearms Act in Saskatchewan.

The provincial government announced Tuesday morning Robert Freberg is becoming Saskatchewan’s chief firearms officer.

Freberg is the former CEO of Brigadier Security Systems and Elite Security Systems, companies he served for 34 years. He was once an elected member of the national board of directors for the Canadian Sport Shooting Association, and worked for five years as president of the Saskatoon Wildlife Federation.

He’s the first provincially-appointed chief firearms officer in Saskatchewan, with the position previously filled by federal appointees.

It comes as the Sask. Party government tries to gain more control over firearms policy.

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“We have many concerns about the decisions the federal government is making that affect law-abiding Saskatchewan firearms owners,” provincial Corrections and Policing Minister Christine Tell said in a release Tuesday.

“A provincially-selected Chief Firearms Officer is an important step in ensuring that Saskatchewan and its firearms community have a strong voice on this issue.”

Chief firearms officers are responsible for regulating the licensing, transporting and storage of firearms in the province they’re assigned to. They’re also responsible for licensing firearms instructors.

The provincial release noted Freberg is currently a Pal and RPal firearms instructor, and received a Canadian Sports Shooting national recognition award in 2018 for his lifetime contributions to the firearms community.