Service de police de la Ville de Laval
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The Service de police de la ville de Laval is the police force of the city of Laval, Quebec, north of Montreal.
The force has had one officer killed in the line of duty. Constable Valerie Gignac, 25, was shot and killed shorty after arriving on the scene of an argument in Laval-des-Rapides on December 14, 2005. The suspect, Francois Pepin, had a history of mental illness and was allowed to own a .338 rifle(for hunting), despite the fact he was under a firearms ban. He was known to police and had been charged before the incident with stalking another female constable. He was charged with First-degree Murder(Automatic in Canada for the killing of a Police Officer) and has yet to go to trial.
[edit] Organization
The head of the force is Chief Jean-Paul Gariepy.
The rank structure and current strength is:
- Chef de Police (Chief of Police) (1)
- Brigadier Chef Principal (Principal Chief Brigadier) (1)
- Brigadier Chef (Chief Brigadier) (1)
- Gardien Principal (Principal Guardian) (5)
- Agent de surveillance de la voie publique (ASVP) (Public Highway Surveillance Officer) (3)
There are six postes de police communautaire (community police stations) situated across the city of Laval:
- CPS/PPC 1 - Saint-François, Saint-Vincent-de Paul and Ile Duvernay
- CPS/PPC 2 - Pont-Viau, Duvernay, Laval-des-Rapides
- CPS/PPC 3 - Chomedey
- CPS/PPC 4 - Laval-West, Laval sur le lac and Sainte-Dorothée
- CPS/PPC 5 - Sainte-Rose and Fabreville
- CPS/PPC 6 - Vimont et Auteuil
[edit] External links
- [1] Link on the murder of Cst. Gignac
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