Service de police de la ville de Montréal
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| State level | Government agency |
| founding | 1843 |
| Headquarters | Montreal ( Canada )
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| Authority management | Marc Parent, Police Director |
| Servants | 6,000 (4,400 police officers and 1,600 civilian employees) |
| Web presence | www.spvm.qc.ca |
The Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM) is the police service of the Canadian city of Montreal . With around 4,400 police officers and 1,600 civilian employees, the SPVM is the second largest urban police force in Canada after the Toronto Police Service and the second largest police agency in the province of Québec after the Sûreté du Québec . The SPVM is entrusted with the maintenance of law and order and criminal investigations in Montreal and 15 other municipalities in the Montreal administrative region.
history
In 1663, sergeants patrolled Ville-Marie for the first time , usually soldiers, and occasionally civilians. On March 15, 1843, the formal establishment of the Département de police de Montréal with 51 uniformed police officers. Uniforms were introduced in 1848, and in 1853 police officers were given the right to carry firearms when performing their duties.
The growth of the city brought with it an expansion and specialization of the police force. At the beginning of the 20th century, the police numbered 467 officers. That number remained relatively stable for the next three decades. The rapidly increasing crime rate due to the Great Depression resulted in a tripling of the number in the 1930s. The first mobile laboratory was available in 1957, and the city police museum was opened in 1992.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report annuel 2010. (PDF, 602 KB) Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, 2011, p. 3 , accessed on September 11, 2011 (French).
- ↑ a b Histoire de la police. grandquebec.com, accessed September 11, 2011 (French).