MODEL POLICE

SYSTEM
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LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM
TYPES OF COMMUNITIES


Highly populated;

Large urban centers
to small villages.
LOW
POPULATION
DENSITY
POLICING OVERVIEW
-must ensure that an
ADEQUATE
and EFFECTIVE level of policing
and law enforcement is
maintained throughout British
Columbia.
POLICE SERVICES
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
provincial force;
86 RCMP municipal forces;
11 independent municipal police departments;
OTHER POLICE FORCES
2 First Nations administered force;
RCMP federal force;
Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority
Police Service;
Organized Crime Agency;
Conservation Officer Service;
Canadian National and Canadian Pacific
Railway Police Forces;
Various municipal law enforcement officers

FEDERAL POLICING
Canada's national police force.
serves as federal, provincial and municipal
police services.
enforces federal statutes across the province.
responsible for border integrity and national
security, drugs and organized crime, financial
crime and international policing;
referred to administratively as E-Division.
PROVINCIAL POLICING
B.C.'s provincial police force.
broken into two main categories:
Detachment
Policing
Provincial
Police
Infrastructure
PROVINCIAL POLICING
Detachment Policing
provides local police services to
municipalities under 5,000 population and
unincorporated (often rural) areas
throughout the province.
policing includes uniformed patrols,
response-to-call duties, investigative
services, community-based policing, traffic
enforcement and administrative support to
provincial detachments.

PROVINCIAL POLICING
Provincial Police Infrastructure
maintains the policing infrastructure for the
province;
includes capital-intensive items;
provides services to the entire province.
PROVINCIAL POLICING
First Nation Policing
48 officers served the aboriginal
communities throughout the province;
2 Independent First Nations Administered
Police Services:
Kitasoo-Xaixais Public Safety Department
Stlatlimx Tribal Police
MUNICIPAL POLICING
Under the POLICE ACT municipalities over
5,000 population are responsible for providing
police services within their municipal
boundaries. These municipalities may form
their own independent municipal police
department, contract with an existing
independent police department or contract
with the provincial government for RCMP
municipal police services.

MUNICIPAL POLICING
Population over 15,000 people paid 90%
Population between 5,000 and 15,000 people
paid 70%
No. of Officers
Policies
Priorities
Municipally-Appointed
Police Board
CRIME RATE
The population figures were based on the
Canada 2001 Census and estimated for 2005.
If an accident involved more than one offense,
only the most serious was recorded in these
statistics.