Jane Hall (nee Greenwood) was born on Wolfe Island, Ontario, and served 21 years in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 1977-98. She had postings during service in North Vancouver, Vancouver Subdivision, Langley and Surrey Detachment, serving in General Duties, General Investigations Section, Federal Enforcement and Training NCO. Post service she authored The Redwall; a Woman in the RCMP, 2007 General Store Publishing House. She has been a member of the RCMP Veterans Association since 1998 in addition to serving as Co- Chair of the Women in Leadership: Public Safety Leadership Development Consortium 2009-2013, Chair of the RCMP Veteran Women’s Council 2013-present, past president of Police Futurists International (PFI) 20118-19, a member of Women Veterans Research Network (WREN) 2019-present. She is currently a lecturer for the Law Enforcement Institute of Texas (LEMIT) program on Police Organizational Culture. Organizational Change and Ethical Dilemmas and has had success in writing magazine articles and white papers.
Prior to joining the RCMP she graduated from Queens with a B.A. (76), and B. Ed (77). After her RCMP service, Jane devoted years of study and research to develop an analytical understanding of police/military/government culture and how to make positive change. To that end, she coordinated a research project in partnership with Stephen Hennessy PhD., Cloud State University and Myers Briggs-Police Leadership, Culture, Personality and Promotion, in addition to working with senior management of the RCMP and the CAF on the development of strategies to deal with abuse of authority.
She has been the recipient of; the RCMP Long Service Medal (1997), Paul Harris Fellow for Humanitarian work with Rotary International, shortlisted for the Edna Stabler Award for Creative Non-Fiction, Sir Wilfrid Laurier University, and 2025 recipient of the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation.