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Ontario Provincial Police Police Provinciale de l'Ontario | |
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Abbreviation | OPP |
Motto | Safe Communities, A Secure Ontario[1] |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 13 October 1909[2] |
Employees | 5 800+ uniformed officers 600+ auxiliary officers 2 600+ civilian employees[1] |
Annual budget | $1,428,600,000(CAD), 2022–2023 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Ontario, Canada |
Governing body | Ministry of the Solicitor General |
Constituting instrument | |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 777 Memorial Avenue Orillia, Ontario, Canada |
Minister responsible | |
Agency executive | |
Facilities | |
Stations | 170[4] |
Website | |
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the
With an annual budget of nearly $1.4 billion,[8] the OPP employed more than 5 800 uniformed officers, 600 auxiliary officers, and 2 600 civilian employees in 2023,[1] making it the largest police service in Ontario and the second-largest in Canada (after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). The OPP's operations are directed by its commissioner (Thomas Carrique) and it is a division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General.[9]
History
At the First Parliament of Upper Canada in Niagara-on-the-Lake on 17 September 1792, a provision was made for the formation of a "police system". Initially, policing jurisdictions were limited to districts, townships, and parishes. In 1845, a mounted police service was created to keep the peace in areas surrounding the construction of public works.[10] It became the Ontario Mounted Police Force after Canadian Confederation.
In 1877, the Constables Act extended jurisdiction and gave designated police members authorization to act throughout the province.[11] The first salaried provincial constable appointed to act as detective for the government of Ontario was John Wilson Murray, hired on a temporary appointment in 1875 and made permanent upon passage of the 1877 act. Murray was joined by two additional detectives in 1897, marking the beginnings of the Criminal Investigation Branch. However, for the most part, policing outside of Ontario's cities was non-existent.
With the discovery of silver in Cobalt and gold in Timmins, lawlessness was increasingly becoming a problem in northern Ontario. Police constables were gradually introduced in various areas,[12] until an Order in Council decreed the establishment of a permanent organization of salaried constables designated as the Ontario Provincial Police Force on 13 October 1909.[13] It consisted of 45 men under the direction of Superintendent Joseph E. Rogers. The starting salary for constables was $400 per annum, increased to $900 in 1912. There were many detachments simultaneously founded including Bala, Muskoka, and Niagara Falls.[14]
In the 1920s, restructuring was undertaken with the passing of the Provincial Police Force Act, 1921.[15] The title of the commanding officer was changed to "commissioner" and given responsibility for enforcing the provisions of the Ontario Temperance Act[16] and other liquor regulations. Major-General Harry Macintyre Cawthra-Elliot was appointed as the first commissioner.
The OPP's first death in the line of duty occurred in 1923, when escaped convict Leo Rogers shot and killed Sergeant John Urquhart near North Bay. Rogers, who was later killed in a shootout with OPP officers, had already mortally wounded North Bay City constable, Fred Lefebvre.
The first OPP motorcycle patrol was introduced in 1928, phased out in 1942, and then reintroduced in 1949. The first marked OPP patrol car was introduced in 1941.
During World War II, the Veterans Guard was formed. This was a body of volunteers (primarily World War I veterans) whose duty was to protect vulnerable hydroelectric plants and the Welland Ship Canal under the supervision of regular police members.
In the late 1940s, policing functions were reorganized in Ontario, with the OPP given responsibility for all law enforcement in the province outside areas covered by municipal police forces, together with overall authority for law enforcement on the
In 1994, as part of a tripartite agreement between the government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, the OPP began the process of relinquishing a majority of northern policing duties to the newly created
Organization and operations
The OPP provides police services to the provincial government - patrolling provincial highways and waterways, investigating multijurisdictional crimes, and protecting high profile government officials - under provincial mandate, and to municipalities and First Nations under contract.
The force operates out of its
The force is organized into five commands, each answering to a deputy commissioner. The commands are further divided into bureaus. The Culture and Strategy Services command is responsible for corporate communications, strategic development, and the force's internal misconduct investigations unit; the Traffic Safety and Operational Support command is responsible for highway policing, Indigenous policing, support services like the Tactics and Rescue Unit, and security at provincial government buildings excepting the Ontario Legislative Building; the Field Operations command is responsible for frontline policing in communities that do not maintain independent police forces; the Investigations and Organized Crime command is responsible for investigating complex, major, or multi-jurisdictional crimes or organized criminal networks across the province and administering firearms licenses; and the Corporate Services Command administers various business, contract, and career management bureaus.[5]
Local and Provincial programs and services[20]
- Auxiliary Policing/Chaplaincy
- Aviation/Flight Operations[21]
- Bloodstain Pattern Analysis[22]
- Breath Analysis/Drug Recognition
- Canine Search, Rescue, Tracking and Detection
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Response[23]
- Child Exploitation Investigation
- Civil Litigation File Coordination
- Civilian Data Entry[24]
- Collision Reconstruction and Investigation
- Collision Reporting Centres[25]
- Commercial Vehicles and Dangerous Goods
- Communications[26]
- Community Liaison; Hate/Bias Incident Response
- Community Policing[27]
- Community Street Crime Units
- Complaint Investigation
- Computer-Aided Dispatch
- Court Case Management
- Crime Analysis
- Crime Gun Analysis
- Crime Prevention and Community Safety
- Crime Stoppers[28]
- Criminal Investigation Services and Major Case Management
- Crime Linkage Analysis (DNA Coordination and Provincial ViCLAS Centre)
- Crisis Negotiation[29]
- Drug Enforcement[30]
- Drug Evaluation and Classification
- Emergency Management/Response[31]
- Explosives Disposal[32]
- Federal Firearms Program Delivery
- Federal and Provincial Road Safety Countermeasures
- Firearm Verification and Analysis Unit
- Forensic Identification Services
- Forensic Interviewing and Polygraph
- Forensic Psychiatry and Research
- Fraud, Corruption, Economic/Financial Crime Investigation[33]
- Hate Crime/Extremism Investigation
- Incident Command
- Indigenous Policing[34]
- Information Technology
- Intelligence[35]
- Justice Officials Protection and Investigation
- Marine, Motorized Snow and Off-road Vehicle and Motorcycle Patrol
- Media Relations
- Mental Health and Abuse Issues
- Mobile Crisis Response Teams[36]
- Missing Persons and Unidentified Bodies
- Offender Transportation[37]
- Ontario Sex Offender Registry[38]
- Organized Crime Enforcement[39]
- Physical Security Services
- Provincial Alcohol and Gaming Enforcement[40]
- Provincial Anti-Terrorism
- Provincial Asset Forfeiture
- Provincial Biker Enforcement[41]
- Provincial Contraband Tobacco Enforcement
- Provincial Cybercrime Strategy[42]
- Provincial Guns and Gangs Strategy
- Provincial Illegal Cannabis Enforcement
- Provincial Illegal Gaming Investigation
- Provincial Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy[43]
- Provincial Liaison Team
- Provincial Operations Centre
- Provincial Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement[44]
- Provincial Strategy to Protect Children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation on the Internet
- Provincial Tow Program[45]
- Provincial Weapons Enforcement[46]
- Public Order
- Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems
- R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere)[47]
- Search and Rescue[48]
- Security Assessment Unit
- Security Enquiries Unit
- Special Constables[49]
- Surveillance — Electronic and Physical
- Tactical and Emergency Medical[50]
- Tactics and Rescue[51]
- Technological Crime/Digital Evidence Forensics and Analysis
- Threat Assessment
- Traffic Safety
- Training
- Underwater Search and Recovery[52]
- United Nations Policing Missions
- Urban Search and Rescue[53]
- Video Forensics[54]
- Victim Assistance, Support and Response
- Witness Protection[55]
Detachments
Previously, the OPP was divided into seventeen different regions. In 1995, OPP operations were amalgamated into six regions, with five providing general policing services, and one providing traffic policing services on provincial highways in the Greater Toronto Area (local police services in the GTA are provided by municipal and regional police forces) following recommendations by the Ipperwash Inquiry.[56] OPP police stations are known as "detachments".
No. | Region | Headquarters | Duties | Detachments | |
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1 | Central | Orillia | General policing | Bracebridge, Caledon, City of Kawartha Lakes, Collingwood, Dufferin County, Haliburton Highlands, Huntsville, Huronia West, Northumberland County, Northumberland County (Campbellford), Northumberland County (Brighton), Nottawasaga, Orillia, Orillia (Barrie), Peterborough County, Southern Georgian Bay, Southern Georgian Bay (Midland) | |
2 | Northwest | Thunder Bay | General policing | Dryden, Dryden (Ignace), Greenstone, Kenora, Kenora (Sioux Narrows), Marathon, Marathon (Manitouwadge), Nipigon, Nipigon (Schreiber), Rainy River District, Rainy River District (Atikokan), Rainy River District (Emo), Rainy River District (Rainy River), Red Lake, Red Lake (Ear Falls), Sioux Lookout, Sioux Lookout (Pickle Lake), Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay (Shabaqua), Thunder Bay (Armstrong) | |
3 | East | Smiths Falls | General policing | Bancroft, Central Hastings, Frontenac, Frontenac (Sharbot Lake), Grenville County, Lanark County, Lanark County (Carleton Place), Leeds County, Leeds County (Thousand Islands), Leeds County (Rideau Lake), Lennox and Addington County, Lennox and Addington County (East), Lennox and Addington County (North), Prince Edward County, Quinte West, Renfrew, Renfrew (Arnprior), Russell County, Russell County (Rockland), Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry (Alexandria), Stormont Dundas and Glengarry (Lancaster), Stormont Dundas and Glengarry (Morrisburg), Stormont Dundas and Glengarry (Winchester), Upper Ottawa Valley, Upper Ottawa Valley (Pembroke), Hawkesbury, Killaloe, Killaloe (Whitney) | |
4 | Northeast | North Bay | General policing | Almaguin Highlands, East Algoma, East Algoma (Elliot Lake), East Algoma (Thessalon), James Bay, James Bay (Hearst), James Bay (Cochrane), James Bay (Moosonee) Kirkland Lake, Manitoulin, Manitoulin (Gore Bay), Manitoulin (Little Current), Manitoulin (Espanola), North Bay, North Bay (Mattawa), North Bay (Powassan), Sault Ste. Marie, South Porcupine, South Porcupine (Iroquois Falls), South Porcupine (Gogama), South Porcupine (Matheson), South Porcupine (Foleyet), Sudbury, Sudbury (Noelville), Sudbury (Warren), Sudbury (Nipissing West), Superior East, Superior East (Chapleau), Superior East (Hornepayne), Superior East (White River), Temiskaming, Temiskaming (Englehart), Temiskaming (Temagami), West Parry Sound, West Parry Sound | |
5 | Highway Safety Division | Aurora | Traffic policing | Aurora, Burlington, Niagara, Toronto, Whitby, Mississauga, Cambridge and Highway 407. | |
6 | West | London | General policing | Brant County, Chatham-Kent, Elgin County, Essex County, Essex County (Harrow), Essex County (Kingsville), Essex County (Lakeshore), Essex County (Leamington), Essex County (Tecumseh), Grey County, Grey County (Markdale), Grey County (Meaford), Grey County (Wiarton), Haldimand County, Huron County, Huron County (Exeter), Huron County (Wingham), Huron County (Goderich), Lambton County, Lambton County (Corunna), Lambton County (Grand Bend), Lambton County (Petrolia) Lambton County (Point Edward), Middlesex County, Middlesex County (Strathroy), Middlesex County (Glencoe), Middlesex County (London), Middlesex County (Lucan) Norfolk County, Oxford County, Oxford County (Ingersoll) Perth County, Perth County (Listowel), Perth County (Mitchell), South Bruce, South Bruce (Walkerton), Wellington County, Wellington County (Rockwood), Wellington County (Teviotdale) |
Rank structure
Police constables in the OPP are uniquely known as "provincial constables".[57]
Detective ranks fall laterally with the uniform ranks and are not a promotion above.[58] The rank of sergeant major is reserved for members of the Professional Standards Bureau, where the rank has a unique investigative function within the force's chain-of-command.[59]
Sworn rank insignia
Ranks | Commissioner | Deputy commissioner | Chief superintendent | Superintendent | Inspector | Sergeant major | Staff sergeant / Detective staff sergeant | Sergeant / Detective sergeant | Provincial constable / Detective constable 1st to 4th class |
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Insignia
(slip-on) |
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Insignia
(shoulder board) |
Civilian rank insignia
Title | Special constable | Auxiliary constable |
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Insignia | ||
Notes | Digital forensics, forensic investigators, court officers, offender transport, building security | Auxiliary policing program |
Commissioner's Own Pipes and Drums
The Commissioner's Own Pipes and Drums serves as the OPP's officially recognised pipe band. Formed as the Ontario Provincial Pipes and Drums in 1968 by two constables, the band saw active service to wide acclaim in the 1970s and 80s before being disbanded in 1991 due to department financial constraints. The band was shortly re-formed three years after, and is now composed of volunteer officers, auxiliary officers, and civilian volunteers.[60]
Uniformed officers
The majority of policing services are provided by uniformed front-line police constables. In addition to the basic training provided to all police officers in Ontario, the OPP mandates additional training at the Provincial Police Academy before and after attendance at the Ontario Police College, resulting in the longest training period among Ontario police services. After this, probationary police constables are assigned to a detachment within the OPP's six regions with a coach officer for a year of field training. At the end of probation, a decision is made regarding retention.[61] First Nations constables employed by OPP-supported police services undergo the same training as OPP officers, spending time at the Provincial Police Academy as well as at the Ontario Police College before returning to their home communities.
Auxiliary program
Auxiliary members have no police authority. They must rely on the same arrest provisions as regular citizens. There are some instances when an auxiliary member may have the authority of a police officer. This can occur in an emergency situation, or where the OPP requires additional strength to assist with a special event. Auxiliary officers are unpaid, however are compensated for travel and meals. They are required to attend routine training administered by the OPP, and must contribute a certain number of hours monthly. The auxiliary is made up of people from diverse backgrounds.[62]
Auxiliary members are trained at the Provincial Police Academy and qualified with all use of force options.[citation needed]
The auxiliary uniform is distinct from the uniform of a regular OPP officer. Auxiliary officers wear light blue shirts, checkered hat bands, and have their own cap badges. They wear slip-ons with the word "auxiliary" embroidered on them, and their jackets and dress uniforms have tabs sewn on that indicates that they are auxiliary officers.[62]
History
Following the disbanding of World War II auxiliary forces, growing Cold War tension and fear of a nuclear attack led to the belief that police services should "recruit and train volunteers to augment their strength in times of emergency". As a result, in 1954, the Provincial Civil Defence Auxiliary was created, but the need to more closely associate the auxiliary with the OPP soon became apparent.[citation needed]
On 14 January 1960, the Provincial Civil Defence Organization was dissolved. A new oversight body known as the Emergency Measures Organization—Ontario (EMO) came into being. Each department of the government became responsible for its own operational planning. The organization of auxiliary police forces became the responsibility of all interested municipal police forces, as well as the OPP.[citation needed]
In April 1960, a new organization more closely affiliated with the OPP came into being. The Ontario Auxiliary Police were organized in 12 of the 17 OPP districts and by the end of the year, 376 volunteers had signed up to be equipped and trained by experienced OPP personnel. Two OPP inspectors were assigned to work with Emergency Measures Ontario as liaison officers for the volunteers. This close connection continues today with the OPP auxiliary playing a critical role in emergency and disaster planning and occurrences. By 1961 there were 466 auxiliary volunteers who accompanied regular provincials on traffic and law enforcement patrols and during the year logged more than twenty-six thousand hours of volunteer duty.[63]
Equipment
Uniforms
Uniformed officers below the rank of staff sergeant wear navy blue uniforms with gold lettering and shoulder flashes. Sworn managers at or above the rank of staff sergeant wear slightly smaller, black shoulder flashes and white shirts, and wear navy trousers with black piping. Officers below the rank of staff sergeant use trousers with light blue trouser piping, and
Officers serving with specialty tactical units are also issued cargo pants without piping, utility tops, and subdued placards for their external tactical vests. Officers serving with the Tactics and Rescue Unit are issued olive green uniforms.[66]
Since 1985, wide, light blue stripes down the side of issued trousers have been standard. Prior to this, officers wore pants with thin, red trouser piping.[67] From 1997 to 2008, the official headdress of the OPP was the stetson, though commissioned ranks were still issued the forage cap. Starting in 2008, the OPP returned to the peaked cap for all officers.[68]
Fleet[20]
- 4,896 road vehicles (patrol, investigative, multi-use, motorcycle, trailers and specialty)
- 517 seasonal vehicles (Marine vessels, motorized snow (MSV) and off-road vehicles (ORV))
Ground
The OPP has approximately 4,900 cruisers in service across the province according to the 2021 Annual Report.
Historically, from 1941 to 1989, the OPP livery was
Aviation
As of February 2023, the OPP has the following aircraft listed with Transport Canada as the Province Of Ontario, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, and operate as Nav Canada airline designator GD, and telephony GUARDIAN.[72][73]
- 2 Eurocopter EC135 P2+
- 1 Pilatus PC12NG - personnel and prisoner transport, First Nations policing support
- 1 Cessna 206 Turbo - traffic enforcement
Unmanned aerial vehicles[20]
- 12 DJI Mavic EnterpriseDual
- 11 FLIR SkyRanger R60
- 7 Mavic 2 Pro
- 6 DJI Mavic Air
- 1 DJI M300
Marine
- Kanter Marine "Chris D. Lewis" 38-foot police boat
- Boston Whaler 24-foot police boat
Weapons
Ontario Provincial Police officers carry a variety of use of force equipment in the performance of their duties. The current sidearm of the OPP is the
The Tactics and Rescue Unit have more specialized weapons at their disposal including:
- Accuracy International AW
- Armalite AR10
- Colt Canada C8patrol CQB carbine
- Knights Armament SR25
- Heckler & Koch MP5
Controversies
Caledonia land dispute
The Caledonia land dispute began in 2006 when members of the Six Nations of the Grand River began an occupation of land that they believed belonged to them, to bring light to their land claims, and to the plight of aboriginal land claims across Canada.[citation needed] The land at the centre of the dispute was owned by a corporation planning to build a subdivision known as the Douglas Creek Estates. The Ontario Provincial Police were called in to keep the peace. Tensions led to violence and over the span of several years, the Ontario Provincial Police were criticized for perceived inaction against the native protesters by local residents. In 2011, a class-action lawsuit against the government of Ontario was settled.[citation needed]
Ipperwash Crisis
The
John Doe v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner)
In 1993 an Ontario Divisional Court case,
Ontario Provincial Police Association
The OPPA was established in 1954 to represent sworn and civilian members of the OPP, as well as OPP retirees.[80] In March 2015, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced they were investigating fraud allegations against three top executives of the OPPA.[81]
Appointment of Ron Taverner
In 2018, Toronto Police Superintendent Ron Taverner, was nominated to replace outgoing Commissioner Vince Hawkes.[82] The appointment of Taverner brought about controversy given the personal relationship between him and Premier Doug Ford, potential nepotism, and the OPP's role in investigating political corruption.[83] It was also discovered that the requirements of the position were changed to allow someone in rank equivalent to Taverner to apply. Ultimately, Taverner rescinded his interest in the position, resulting in the appointment York Regional Police Deputy Chief Thomas Carrique as the OPP's new commissioner.[84]
In popular culture
On the online social networking website
Film and television
In the television series
In the Canadian horror film Pontypool, the OPP is called into the eponymous town to control a zombie outbreak, ultimately resulting in a massacre. The film's lead character, Grant Mazzy, vocally denounces the OPP's actions on the radio.
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Further reading
- Higley, Dahn (1984). O.P.P.: The history of the Ontario Provincial Police Force. Toronto: Queen's Printer. ISBN 0-7743-8964-8.
- Barnes, Michael (1991). Policing Ontario: The OPP Today. Erin: Boston Mills Press. ISBN 1-55046-015-3.
- Maksymchuk, Andrew F. (2008). From MUSKEG to MURDER: Memories of Policing Ontario's Northwest. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4251-7089-9.
- Maksymchuk, Andrew F. (2014). "Champions of the Dead": OPP Crime-fighters Seeking Proof of the Truth. FriesenPress. ISBN 978-1-4602-4828-7.
External links
- Ontario Provincial Police Website
- Road Watch, was started by the Caledon, Ontario Provincial Police detachment.