Joe Ceci has been the alderman in Ward 9 in Calgary, Alberta since 1995.[1] In his 2004-2007 term he has been a founding member community safety councils in Inglewood-Ramsay and Forest Lawn.[1] In the 2007 Ceci declared he would run again in the 2007 election for Ward 9.[1]
Ceci was challenged in the 2007 election by Al Koenig, president of the Calgary Police Association, who has criticized city council for not being "...as assertive on crime as we’d like to see."[2]