Kingston Police

Kingston Police Force
Abbreviation	KPF
Motto	"Ontario's Finest" "Service For The People"
Agency overview
Formed	December 20, 1841
Employees	545
Volunteers	110
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	CA
Size	475 square kilometres (183 sq mi)
Population	188,000
General nature	• Local civilian agency
Headquarters	705 Division Street[1]
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Uniform Officers	420[2] (As of 2017)
Non-Uniform Officers	125
Elected officer responsible	The Honourable Marie-France Lalonde, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services;
Agency executive	Gilles M. Larochelle, Chief of Police;
Units	List Business & Intelligence ; Aviation ; Crime Scene ; S.W.A.T. ; Joint Terrorism Task Force ; Detectives Bureau ; Narcotics Division ; Drug Squad ; Street Crime Division ; Intelligence Unit ; V.I.C.E. ; Undercover Task Force ; Emergency Service Unit (ESU) ; C.O.R.E. Unit ; Mounted Unit ; Canine Unit ; Air Surveillance & Support Unit ; Evidence Division ; Forensic Identification Unit ; Highway Patrol ; Communications ; Primary Report Intake, Management and Entry (PRIME) ; Court Services ; Fleet & Materials Management ; Organized Crime Control Command ; Guns & Gangs Task Force ; Provincial ROPE ; Specialized Criminal Investigations ; Organized Crime Enforcement ; School Safety ; Transit Bureau ; Transportation Bureau ;
Boroughs	List Old Kingston ; Pittsburgh Township ; Rideau Heights ; Cataraqui Woods ; Reddendale ; Sunnyside ;
Facilities
Commands	2 Divisions ; 14 Transit Districts; 6 Housing Police Service Areas
Airbases	1
Jails	2
Police cars	460 (2017)
Police boats	2 (2017)
Helicopters	2
Horses	7 (2017)
Dogs	6 German Shepherds; 5 Labs
Website
	Official website

The Kingston Police Force is the municipal police force for the city of Kingston, Ontario. It was established by the Common Council of Kingston on December 20, 1841 to control the lawlessness happening in the then Province of Canada capital of 8,500 inhabitants.

Current divisions of the Kingston Police Force include the Emergency Response Unit, Drug Enforcement Unit, Patrol Division, Community Response Unit, Traffic Safety, Criminal Investigations Division and the CORE (Community Oriented Response and Enforcement) Unit.^[3]

Former Chiefs of Kingston Police

Name	Start of term	End of term	Notes
William J. Closs	1995	2008
William R. Hackett	1994	1995
Gerald S. Rice	1976	1994
Roland R. Smith	1974	1976
Robert Nesbitt	1959	1974
John T. Truaisch	1947	1959
Captain Robert J. Robinson	1919	1946
Robert Nesbitt	1918	1919	Irish national
William Baillie	1899	1918
Captain Edwin Horsey	1881	1899
Colonel S. B. Hance	1874	1881	An American who was appointed, despite much protest from locals
John Robb	1870	1874	Died in office
Robert Channonhouse	1849	1870	Previously a counsellor for the Ward of Ontario
Samuel Shaw	1840	1849	Before becoming Chief, Samuel Shaw was High Bailiff

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References

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[1] ttps://www.kingstonpolice.ca/contacts/

[2] ttp://kpf.ca/photos/custom/2017%20Annual%20Report.pdf

[3] ttp://kpf.ca/ourorganizationc7.php

[4] ttp://kpf.ca/thekeepersofthepeacep14.php