oug LePard was born and raised in Vancouver and graduated from Magee Secondary School and Douglas College's Criminal Justice Program. After joining the VPD, Deputy LePard completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology at Simon Fraser University. DCC LePard and his wife, Nancy, are raising two school-age children in Vancouver.

DCC LePard began his career with the VPD in 1981. He has worked at various ranks in Patrol, Strike Force, the Crowd Control Unit, the Communications Centre, the Planning and Research Section, the Sex Crimes Unit, the Home Invasion Task Force, and the Domestic Violence and Criminal Harassment (DVACH) Units. He was instrumental in creating these last two units in 1996, implementing the first investigative unit in Canada devoted to investigating stalking offences, and a complementary unit comprised of police investigators and community counselors to address domestic violence cases. This innovative model is a partnership with the Family Services of Greater Vancouver. DCC LePard's last assignment prior to promotion to Deputy Chief Constable in August 2003 was as the Inspector in charge of the City-wide Enforcement Team in the Downtown Eastside.

While a member of the Major Crime Section, DCC LePard was one of the first two members of the VPD to be trained in Major Case Management at the Canadian Police College in Ottawa. He has also completed many other policing courses with a focus on criminal investigations, as well as management and leadership courses at the JIBC, the Banff School of Management, Queens University, and Harvard.

DCC LePard was recognized as an expert in the investigation of stalking offences. He has instructed police officers throughout B.C. in related investigative techniques, and has presented internationally on this subject.

He is the co-author of the chapter “Managing Stalkers: Coordinating Treatment and Supervision,” in the book Stalking and Psychosexual Obsession: Psychological Perspectives for Prevention, Policing and Treatment, L. Sheridan and J. Boon (Eds.). He has also co-authored several other papers on the topic presented in the U.S. and Europe, and was the principle author of the investigative guidelines for stalking investigations published by the Federal Solicitor General in 1999.

Other achievements include authoring several major position papers for the VPD and several major workload studies that resulted in significant staffing increases in the VPD from 2000 to 2003. He has presented on the topic of workload analysis in Canada and the United States.

In 2005, he completed a draft comprehensive management review of the Missing Women investigation that will be released when the relevant court proceedings are completed. He currently teaches in the area of preventing wrongful convictions, and was the lead co-author of “How Police Departments Can Reduce the Risk of Wrongful Convictions,” published in D. Kim Rossmo's textbook Criminal Investigative Failures.

DCC LePard is the current chair of the VPD Sergeants' Selection Process Committee. He is chair of the Pacific Regional National Joint Committee of Senior Justice Officials and the co-chair of the provincial Police Crown Liaison Committee, representing the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police.

He is the recipient of nine VPD commendations, a Lieutenant Governor's Merit Award for bravery, and an Attorney General's Award for contributions to victim services. In 2008, he was invested as a Member of the Order of Merit for the Police Forces by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada.