Hamilton Police Service (Ontario)

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Hamilton Police Service
Image:HamiltonPoliceOntarioLogo.png
"Excellence in Policing"
Established 2001
Jurisdiction Municipal
Sworn 761
Non-sworn 267
Stations 3
Chief Brian Mullan
Deputy Chief Eric Girt, Ken Leendertse
Website www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/

The Hamilton Police Service, formerly The Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police, is the local police force for the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This agency is the primary force charged with the duty of enforcing the Criminal Code of Canada in the City of Hamilton. The organization became a paid service upon incorporation of the City in 1846. In 2007 the service protected over 500,000 residents with 761 sworn police officers, 267 civilians and a budget of $117,519,150. The current Chief of Police is Brian J Mullan.

A Hamilton Police Service Cruiser.
A Hamilton Police Service Cruiser.

The first Hamilton area Police was established on February 13, 1833 by a statute of Upper Canada. [1]

Radio dispatch is supported by the city's Motorola type II analog architecture.

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References

  1. ^ Statutes of Upper Canada, 1833 3° William IV pg. 58-68, Chapter XVII. An act to define the Limits of the Town of Hamilton, in the District of Gore, and to establish a Police and Public Market therein.

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