O.P.P
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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.
The OPP is the largest deployed police force in Ontario, and the second largest in Canada. The service is responsible for providing policing services throughout the province in areas lacking local police forces. It also provides specialized support to smaller municipal police forces, investigates province-wide and cross-jurisdictional crimes, patrols provincial highways, and is responsible for law enforcement on many of the waterways in the province. The OPP also works with other provincial agencies, including the Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Natural Resources to enforce highway safety and conservation regulations, respectively. Finally, OPP officers provide security at the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto.
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