Niagara Regional Police Service

The NRPS provides all general policing duties in the region, including patrol of municipal and regional roads and waterways within the region, including the Welland Canal, the Niagara River and lakes Ontario and Erie. Patrol of provincial highways in the region, such as the Queen Elizabeth Way, is handled by the Ontario Provincial Police, while patrol services on Niagara Parks Commission property is handled by the Niagara Parks Police Service. The NRPS is, however, mandated to investigate all major crimes in the region, including those that occur on provincial highways or on NPC property.

Ranks and insignia

Rank	Chief of police	Deputy chief	Superintendent	Inspector	Staff sergeant	Sergeant	Constable
Insignia (Slip-on)
Insignia (Shoulder board)					Shoulder boards not used for these ranks

The Niagara Regional Police Service is broken down into units of specific responsibility. Some of these units include

• Auxiliary police
• Canine
• Child abuse
• Court services
• District detective offices
• Domestic violence
• Emergency task (ETU)
• Explosives disposal
• Forensic services
• Central fraud
• "Guns, Gangs and Grows"
• Homicide
• Marine
• Morality
• Policy and risk management
• Polygraph
• Professional standards
• Sexual assault
• Special enforcement
• Special investigative services
• District street crime
• Collision reconstruction
• Underwater search and recovery
• Uniform patrol officers
• Victim services / youth crime

• St. Edward's Crown
• ribbon containing the words Unity, Responsibility, Loyalty
• the shield contains:
  • a golden St. Edward's Crown
  • two symbols with waves representing the Welland Canal
• wreath of golden maple leaves
• Trillium of Ontario

A partial list of the Niagara Regional Police's fleet consists of the following:

Make	Origin	In service	Notes
Dodge Charger	Canada	2006–present	Photo
Dodge Magnum	Canada	2006–present	Photo
Ford Taurus	United States	2002–present	Photo
Chevrolet Impala	Canada	2002–present	Photo
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor	Canada	1998–present	Photo
Ford Freestar RIDE vehicle	Canada	2005–present	Photo
Chrysler PT Cruiser community/education vehicle	Mexico	2003–2005	Photo
Chevrolet Tahoe	United States		Photo
Ford F350	United States		Photo
Ford Expedition	United States		Photo
Ford Explorer	United States		Photo
Jeep Cherokee	United States		Photo
Dodge Polara	United States	1970s	Retired, Photo
Chevrolet Caprice	Canada	1970s-1998	Retired

Following changes to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act in August 2007, the Niagara Regional Police Service began replacing red and white "Street Hawk" emergency lights on police vehicles with new blue and red LED lights. Older-style light bars were gradually phased out through attrition.

Niagara Regional Police Service marked patrol vehicles have historically been white in colour. In the late 1980s to the early 1990s, they were distinguished with royal blue hoods and a single blue stripe on the sides of the vehicle. In the mid-1990s, the service adopted the crest used today, switching to blue and green stripes on the sides of patrol vehicles, and abandoning the traditional blue hoods. This striping change was relatively short lived, with the service soon adopting red and blue striping more commonly seen on police vehicles in Ontario. In 2013, the Niagara Regional Police Service commenced a re-branding of marked patrol vehicles, adopting a black and white colour scheme, with silver and red graphics, which is being phased in as vehicles are replaced through attrition.

The Niagara Regional Police Pipe Band is a grade three pipe band based in Niagara Falls.[1]

The band's pipe major is Peter MacKenzie.

There was a grade 2 pipe band in existence until the end of the 2009 season, led by Dave Goodall (pipe major) and Graham Kirkwood (drum sergeant), however, that group dissolved in fall of 2009.

The Niagara Regional Police Male Chorus was formed in 1996 with the encouragement of Chief Grant Waddell to celebrate the force's twenty-fifth anniversary. With the sponsorship of Chief Waddell they were granted the right to perform.

The Niagara Regional Police Male Chorus, facing reduced numbers, was disbanded in 2011.

Members of the mounted unit are part of the force's colour guard.

There are three horses in the unit with three other horses retired. Two of the three horses are owned by the NRP.

On November 25, 2010, the Niagara Regional Mounted Unit was disbanded for budgetary reasons. The annual budget of $30,000.00 used to care for the horses was redistributed elsewhere.

Since its founding, the NRPS has lost seven of its officers in the line of duty.

• Integrated Security Unit
• Niagara Parks Police Service

• Niagara Regional Police Service