| Ottawa Police Service Service de police d'Ottawa (French) | |
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| Abbreviation | OPS |
| Motto | Community Service Communautaire |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1855 (original) 2001 (current OPS) |
| Annual budget | $346.5 million (2022) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Ottawa |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
| Governing body | Ottawa Police Services Board |
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| Headquarters | 474 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Sworn members | 1,480 (2022) |
| Unsworn members | 620 (2022) |
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| Parent agency | City of Ottawa |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 3 |
| Community Police Centers | 5 |
| 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.