Toronto Police Service

Toronto Police Service
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MottoTo Serve and Protect
Agency overview
Formed1834; 190 years ago (1834)
Employees7,500 (5,500 police officers)[1]
Annual budgetCA$1.16 billion (2023)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Governing bodyToronto Police Services Board
Constituting instrument
Operational structure
Headquarters40 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2J3
Sworn members4,870
Unsworn members2,230
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Parent agencyCity of Toronto
Units
List
  • Business & Intelligence
  • Aviation
  • Crime Scene
  • Emergency Task Force
  • Highway Patrol
  • Communications
  • Primary Report Intake, Management and Entry (PRIME)
  • Court Services
  • Fleet & Materials Management
  • Organized Crime Control Command
  • Integrated Gun & Gang Task Force
  • Provincial ROPE
  • Specialized Criminal Investigations
  • Organized Crime Enforcement
  • School Safety
  • Transit Bureau
  • Transportation Bureau
Divisions
List
  • 11 Division
  • 12 Division
  • 13 Division
  • 14 Division
  • 22 Division
  • 23 Division
  • 31 Division
  • 32 Division
  • 33 Division
  • 41 Division
  • 42 Division
  • 43 Division
  • 51 Division
  • 52 Division
  • 53 Division
  • 55 Division
Facilities
Commands16 Divisions
12 Transit Districts
10 Housing Police Service Areas
Police cars1,687 (2015)
Police boats23 (2015)
Dogs35 German Shepherds
7 Labradors
Horses26[3]
Website
www.tps.ca

The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is a municipal police force in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the primary agency responsible for providing law enforcement and policing services in Toronto. Established in 1834, it was the first local police service created in North America and is one of the oldest police services in the English-speaking world.

It is the largest municipal police service in Canada, and the fourth largest police force in Canada after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). With a 2023 budget of $1.16 billion, the Toronto Police Service ranks as the second largest expense of the City of Toronto's annual operating budget, after the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

  1. ^ "Toronto Police Service – The Way Forward: Modernizing Community Safety in Toronto". p. 18. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference torstarmount was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Mok, Tanya (2 May 2019). "This is why we still have mounted police in Toronto". Freshdaily Inc. Retrieved 5 June 2020.