Ontario Provincial Police
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Ontario Provincial Police Police provinciale de l'Ontario |
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| Abbreviation | OPP |
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| Motto | Safe Communities, A Secure Ontario |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | October 13, 1909 |
| Employees | 7,383 |
| Volunteers | 853 Auxiliary Constables |
| Annual budget | $1,003,014,800 (2012–13) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Province of Ontario, Canada |
| Governing body | The Queen in Right of Ontario |
| Constituting instrument | Police Services Act of Ontario |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 777 Memorial Ave, Orillia, Ontario |
| Police Constables | 5,618 |
| Civilians | 1,765 |
| Elected officer responsible | Yasir Naqvi, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services |
| Agency executive | J.V.N. (Vince) Hawkes, Commissioner |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 170 |
| Website | |
| www.opp.ca | |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Coordinates: 44°34′58″N 79°25′47″W / 44.5827949°N 79.4297702°W
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the Provincial Police service for the province of Ontario, Canada. 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 King's Highways, enforcement of the provincial liquor laws, aiding the local police and maintaining a criminal investigation branch.
The OPP is responsible for providing policing services over one million square kilometres of land and 174,000 km2 of water to a population of 2.3 million people (3.6 million in the summer months). As of 2010, the O.P.P. has over 6,200 uniformed, 850 auxiliary and 2,700 civilian personnel. The vehicle fleet consists of 2,290 vehicles, 114 marine vessels, 286 snow and all-terrain vehicles, two helicopters and two fixed-wing aircraft. Rank Structure within the OPP is paramilitary or quasi-military in nature, with several "non-commissioned" ranks leading to the "officer" ranks. OPP officers are armed with SIG Sauer P229 compact-sized, service-type .40 caliber pistol, Remington 870 pump-action shotguns, the ARWEN 37 non-lethal 37 mm riot gun, the Taser X2, and the Close Quarter Battle combat rifle—variant of Colt Canada C8 rifle.
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