As well as ending his party's decade in the political wilderness, it cemented his reputation as a no-holds-barred political operative.

But when a police chief crosses that line and becomes a political operative, the system provides little control and no remedy.

A skilled political operative, well suited to handling the dj's administrative tasks.

He later became a professional political operative working on numerous campaigns at the federal, provincial and municipal levels.

He could be a former (pre-war) police officer, a factory owner or a sanation political operative.