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The OPP Headquarters are located at 777 Memorial Avenue in [[Orillia, Ontario]]. Recruits attend the [[Ontario Police College]] in [[Aylmer, Ontario]] and then complete their training at OPP facilities in Orillia. |
The OPP Headquarters are located at 777 Memorial Avenue in [[Orillia, Ontario]]. Recruits attend the [[Ontario Police College]] in [[Aylmer, Ontario]] and then complete their training at OPP facilities in Orillia. OPP HQ moved from the Lakeshore Boulevard West and Bay Street site in [[Toronto, Ontario]] in [[1995]]. |
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[[Image:OPPatNightInAuroraON.png|left|thumb|250px|An OPP scout car showing reflective decals as it passes on night patrol.]] |
[[Image:OPPatNightInAuroraON.png|left|thumb|250px|An OPP scout car showing reflective decals as it passes on night patrol.]] |
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The OPP is the largest police force in Ontario and the second largest in Canada. The force employs roughly 5300 officers, which is more than both the [[Toronto]] and the [[Ottawa]] city police services. In Canada, only the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] outnumbers the OPP in manpower. |
The OPP is the largest police force in Ontario and the second largest in Canada. The force employs roughly 5300 officers, which is more than both the [[Toronto]] and the [[Ottawa]] city police services. In Canada, only the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCMP]] outnumbers the OPP in manpower. |
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Like many Canadian police forces, it is a quasi-military organization. The ranks of the OPP are as follows: Provincial Constable; Sergeant; Staff Sergeant; Sergeant Major; Inspector; Superintendant; Chief Superintendant; and Commissioner. The current OPP commissioner is [[Gwen M. Boniface]]. |
Like many Canadian police forces, it is a quasi-military organization. The ranks of the OPP are as follows: Provincial Constable; Sergeant; Staff Sergeant; Sergeant Major; Inspector; Superintendant; Chief Superintendant; and Commissioner. The current OPP commissioner is [[Gwen M. Boniface]] (succeeding [[Thomas O'Grady]]). |
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The OPP has among its many initiatives an [[auxiliary police|auxiliary]] program designed especially for citizens interested in getting first-hand experience in the organization. It is a [[volunteer]] [[program_(management)|program]] where selected citizens receive special training in order to assist provincial constables in their duty. It also serves as a stepping stone for potential future employment with the OPP. |
The OPP has among its many initiatives an [[auxiliary police|auxiliary]] program designed especially for citizens interested in getting first-hand experience in the organization. It is a [[volunteer]] [[program_(management)|program]] where selected citizens receive special training in order to assist provincial constables in their duty. It also serves as a stepping stone for potential future employment with the OPP. |
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Revision as of 04:27, 30 August 2005
The Ontario Provincial Police, also known as the OPP, is the province of Ontario's police force. The organization is responsible for providing police service to areas in the province that do not otherwise have municipal or regional police services. Therefore, they are mainly present in small rural and suburban localities, on the provincial highways, or in the northern part of the province. They also have a mandate to investigate province-wide crimes.
History
The OPP was originally founded in 1909 with 45 men to bring peace and order to the province's northern regions where mines and logging camps were experiencing delinquency. The organization was rendered permanent when constables became necessary in Ontario's small towns. The first OPP detachment was in Bala.
Organization
The OPP Headquarters are located at 777 Memorial Avenue in Orillia, Ontario. Recruits attend the Ontario Police College in Aylmer, Ontario and then complete their training at OPP facilities in Orillia. OPP HQ moved from the Lakeshore Boulevard West and Bay Street site in Toronto, Ontario in 1995.
The OPP is the largest police force in Ontario and the second largest in Canada. The force employs roughly 5300 officers, which is more than both the Toronto and the Ottawa city police services. In Canada, only the RCMP outnumbers the OPP in manpower.
Like many Canadian police forces, it is a quasi-military organization. The ranks of the OPP are as follows: Provincial Constable; Sergeant; Staff Sergeant; Sergeant Major; Inspector; Superintendant; Chief Superintendant; and Commissioner. The current OPP commissioner is Gwen M. Boniface (succeeding Thomas O'Grady).
The OPP has among its many initiatives an auxiliary program designed especially for citizens interested in getting first-hand experience in the organization. It is a volunteer program where selected citizens receive special training in order to assist provincial constables in their duty. It also serves as a stepping stone for potential future employment with the OPP.
OPP police stations are referred to as detachments.
Only 3 provinces in Canada, including Ontario, have their own police forces: Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec are the other.
A list of related police forces in Canada:
Beatles folklore
The 1967 Beatles Album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, contains cover art with Paul McCartney donning an OPP badge on his fictional uniform. The badge was given to him to wear by a Canadian fan.
Naughty By Nature
In the 1991 a song called O.P.P. was released by hip-hop group Naughty By Nature, this song used the line, "you down with O.P.P.?" Followed by the crowd's chant of, "yeah, you know me!" This song did not refer, as some people believe, to the police of Ontario, but rather to the more vulgar, "other people's pussy."
External link
Template:Politics of Ontario 2
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