| Service de police de la Ville de Montréal
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| Established: | ? |
| Headquarters: | Montreal |
| Divisions: | 33 (neighbourhood police stations) |
| Chief of Police: | Yvan Delorme |
| Sworn officers: | 4,200[1] |
| Civilian employees: | 1,000[1] |
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The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) (French for City of Montréal Police Service) is the police force for the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. With about 4,200 officers, 1,000 civilian staff and 200 cadets, it is the second largest municipal police agency in Canada after the Toronto Police Service and second largest in the province behind the Sûreté du Québec.
The standard sidearm of the service is the Walther P99QA.
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Organization
The force is lead by Director of Police Yvan Delorme.
The rank structure and current strength of the force is:
- Directeur (Director) (1)
- Associate Director (3)
- Assistant Director (8)
- Chief Inspector (14)
- Inspector (12)
- Commander (91)
- Lieutenant (50),
- Detective Lieutenant (63)
- Sergeant (449)
- Detective Sergeant (550)
- Constable (3,141)
Some of the police functions carried out by the service, include:
- Neighbourhood police officers
- Intervention officers
- Tactical response officers (SWAT)
- Motorcycle officers
- Community relations officers
- Physical surveillance officers (shadowing)
- Neighbourhood or Section chiefs
- Investigators
- Dog handlers
- Mounted patrol officers
- Marine patrol officers
- Neighbourhood supervisors
- Etc.
SPVM also has about 1,000 civilian employees, as well as about 200 police cadets.
SPVM officers are members of the Fraternité des policiers et policières de la Ville de Montréal.
Operations
The SPVM covers an area of about 496 square kilometres and 1,800,000 residents of the Greater Montreal area.
There are 33 police stations that operate within four geographical regions: East, West, North and South.
Other units of the SPVM, include:
- Canine section
- Horse unit
- Nautical patrol
- Crisis management
- Strategic planning
- Emergency Response Team (SWAT)
- Forensics
- Etc.
Fleet
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- Chevrolet Impala
- Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
- Ford Windstar
- Ford Freestar
- Chevrolet Uplander
- Dodge Caravan
- Ford F450 bus
- Ford Explorer
Criticism
On 3 November 2005, the United Nations Human Rights Committee advised the Canadian government to allow an enquiry on the SPVM about its mass arrests tactic during political demonstrations.[2][3][4][5] The tactic is a rapid encirclement of as many protesters as possible regardless of how they may have conducted themselves during the demonstration, and is argued to be a violation of their fundamental rights.[6] According to Francis Dupuis-Déri, a political science professor at Université du Québec à Montréal, police officers employ this tactic because of a "deviance" radical political demonstrators pose to media, politicians and police officers themselves.[7]
See also
- Sûreté du Québec
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Police officer
- Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal
- Corporation des Urgences Sante du Montréal Metropolitain
References
- ^ a b About the SPVM
- ^ "[http://www.liguedesdroits.ca/assets/files/publications/communiques/COM-2005-11-03-CDH.doc L’ONU interpelle le Canada, responsable de plusieurs violations des droits et libertés]". "Ligue des droits et libertés". 2005-11-03. http://www.liguedesdroits.ca/assets/files/publications/communiques/COM-2005-11-03-CDH.doc. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ "L'ONU se penche sur les méthodes du SPVM". "LCN". 2005-11-03. http://lcn.canoe.ca/lcn/infos/regional/archives/2005/11/20051103-081622.html. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ "Montreal police reprimanded by UN". "The Hour". 2005-11-10. http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=7652. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ "Arrested victory". "The Mirror". 2007-06-13. http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/060707/front.html. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ "L’ONU blâme la police de Montréal". "Le Couac". 2006. http://www.lecouac.org/spip.php?article56. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ Dupuis-Déri, Francis. "Broyer du noir: manifestations et répression policière au Québec", Les ateliers de l'éthiquevol.1, num.1, printemps 2006,. p. 59-80
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