Ottawa Police Service

Ottawa Police Service
Service de police d'Ottawa (French)
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AbbreviationOPS
MottoCommunity Service Communautaire
Agency overview
Formed1855 (original)
2001 (current OPS)
Annual budget$346.5 million (2022)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionOttawa
Legal jurisdictionAs per operations jurisdiction
Governing bodyOttawa Police Services Board
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters474 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sworn members1,480 (2022)
Unsworn members620 (2022)
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyCity of Ottawa
Facilities
Stations3
Community Police Centers5
Website
www.ottawapolice.ca

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS; French: Service de police d'Ottawa) is the municipal police service of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as well as most of the Ontario side of the National Capital Region. The OPS employs 1,480 officers and 620 staff as of 2022, and serves an area of 2,790 square kilometres and 1,017,449 (2021 census) people, alongside several other police forces which have specialized jurisdiction. Formally established in 1855, the OPS gradually absorbed the police forces of other neighbouring municipalities as Ottawa itself expanded, and experienced multiple mergers and reforms in the process; the current OPS was established in 2001.