[3] Born and raised in Ottawa, Bordeleau began his policing career in 1984, serving on numerous community organizations, including the Community Police Action Committee.

He was also a member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Emergency Management Committee as well as the International Committee and the director for the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police's Zone 2.

Bordeleau received the Dean's Philos Award from the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management.

He received his Master of Arts degree in disaster and emergency management from Royal Roads University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa.

[6] In April 2019, Bordeleau wrote a letter to McDonald's Canada CEO, John Betts, sharing his concerns regarding a McDonald's restaurant at 99 Rideau referred to as the Rideau McDonald's stating "Officers of the Ottawa Police Service attend this location on a daily basis to address issues including vagrancy, liquor licence violations, illicit drug use, and incidents of violence," and that he believed the McDonald's location was "breaching your established standards of operation.