Ottawa Police Service
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Ottawa Police Service Service de police d'Ottawa |
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Logo of the Ottawa Police Service
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| Motto | Community Service Communautaire |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1995 (OPS), 1855 (Original) |
| Annual budget | $237 million (2011) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Legal jurisdiction | City of Ottawa |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Elected officer responsible | Yasir Naqvi, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services |
| Agency executive | Charles Bordeleau, Chief of Police |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 5 |
| Website | |
| www.ottawapolice.ca | |
The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) (Service de police d'Ottawa in French) serves the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
The OPS roots come from the formation of the "Bytown Association" in 1847. In 1855 Roderick Ross was the first Chief Constable for the newly formed City of Ottawa. Over time, neighbouring municipalities also formed their own police forces, including Eastview in 1913 (which became the Vanier police in 1963) and Gloucester-Nepean in 1957 (in 1964, this service split into separate Nepean and Gloucester forces). As a precursor to future amalgamations, the Vanier Police was absorbed by the Ottawa Police in 1984.
In 1995, the Ottawa, Nepean and Gloucester police forces amalgamated to form the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service. The service area of the new force was extended to those portions of Ottawa-Carleton that had previously been policed by the Ontario Provincial Police.
The service was given its current name in 2001, to reflect the amalgamation of Ottawa-Carleton's constituent municipalities into the new City of Ottawa.
Over the course of Ottawa's history, the Police forces have lost 14 officers in the line of duty.
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The Chief of Police Charles Bordeleau, formerly Deputy Chief of Operations.
The rank structure consists of the following:
The rank of Senior Constable is no longer awarded, however the rank is still in effect until the last Senior Constable retires. To have become a Senior Constable, an officer had to have had ten years service and have successfully completed the Sergeant's promotional exam.
With very rare exceptions, all Police Officers receive their three-month police training and Basic Constables diploma at the Ontario Police College, located in Aylmer Ontario.
New Police Recruits are hired as 4th Class Constables, and without any training or discipline issues, can expect to reach the rank of 1st Class Constable within three years. A 1st Class Constable has a base salary pretax of approximately $81,000, not including overtime and off duty court time. This pay rate is the norm compared to other Police Services found within Ontario and generally the Ottawa Police Service falls within the top five highest paid services in the Province.
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