Table 9-10
Police personnel in municipal police services — British Columbia, 2010
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2009 population 1 | 2010 actual strength | 2010 authorized strength | 2009 crime | |||||||
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Police officers | Police officers per 100,000 population | Other personnel | Total police | Police officers per 100,000 population | Crime Severity Index 2 | Weighted clearance rate | ||||
Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
number | rate | number | rate | |||||||
Population 100,000 and over | ||||||||||
Abbotsford | 134,991 | 182 | 38 | 220 | 163 | 79 | 210 | 156 | 106.5 | 28.9 |
Delta | 106,394 | 134 | 36 | 170 | 160 | 68 | 165 | 155 | 77.1 | 24.5 |
Saanich | 114,825 | 122 | 29 | 151 | 132 | 45 | 151 | 132 | 57.6 | 29.2 |
Vancouver | 640,963 | 1,110 | 317 | 1,427 | 223 | 377 | 1,327 | 207 | 119.8 | 27.7 |
Victoria | 102,455 | 183 | 58 | 241 | 235 | 94 | 241 | 235 | 157.5 | 19.4 |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
Burnaby 4 | 223,410 | 209 | 78 | 287 | 128 | 3 | 280 | 125 | 121.2 | 18.8 |
Coquitlam | 125,359 | 108 | 33 | 141 | 112 | 1 | 140 | 112 | 80.3 | 21.8 |
Kelowna | 118,049 | 111 | 37 | 148 | 125 | 1 | 155 | 131 | 143.8 | 33.0 |
Langley Township | 102,898 | 85 | 39 | 124 | 121 | 1 | 127 | 123 | 108.1 | 18.8 |
Richmond | 191,376 | 171 | 53 | 224 | 117 | 2 | 237 | 124 | 84.1 | 20.8 |
Surrey 5 | 432,527 | 474 | 124 | 598 | 138 | 7 | 623 | 141 | 139.8 | 20.5 |
Population 50,000 to 99,999 | ||||||||||
New Westminster | 64,421 | 88 | 20 | 108 | 168 | 45 | 108 | 168 | 127.3 | 23.8 |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
Chilliwack 4 | 77,883 | 69 | 31 | 100 | 128 | 1 | 106 | 136 | 138.0 | 18.5 |
Kamloops | 86,451 | 98 | 25 | 123 | 142 | 1 | 123 | 142 | 114.8 | 31.5 |
Maple Ridge | 75,257 | 67 | 23 | 90 | 120 | 0 | 86 | 114 | 114.5 | 21.3 |
Nanaimo | 88,731 | 110 | 26 | 136 | 153 | 1 | 124 | 140 | 129.3 | 37.5 |
North Vancouver District | 89,976 | 61 | 28 | 89 | 99 | 0 | 91 | 101 | 53.8 | 19.8 |
Port Coquitlam | 57,528 | 47 | 13 | 60 | 104 | 0 | 63 | 110 | 73.2 | 22.0 |
Prince George | 74,119 | 108 | 28 | 136 | 183 | 1 | 127 | 171 | 166.0 | 29.5 |
Population 15,000 to 49,999 | ||||||||||
Central Saanich | 16,563 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 163 | 4 | 23 | 139 | 50.5 | 28.6 |
Oak Bay | 18,921 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 137 | 2 | 23 | 122 | 45.0 | 25.9 |
Port Moody 4 | 30,000 | 39 | 7 | 46 | 153 | 18 | 50 | 167 | 54.2 | 32.6 |
West Vancouver | 48,802 | 62 | 17 | 79 | 162 | 26 | 81 | 166 | 63.3 | 32.7 |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
Campbell River | 31,153 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 135 | 0 | 43 | 138 | 111.2 | 38.4 |
Colwood 4 | 15,474 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 78 | 0 | 15 | 97 | 56.0 | 26.8 |
Courtenay | 23,398 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 107 | 9 | 28 | 120 | 129.2 | 42.7 |
Cranbrook | 19,651 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 122 | 0 | 26 | 132 | 95.9 | 32.3 |
Fort St. John | 18,982 | 29 | 7 | 36 | 190 | 0 | 32 | 169 | 188.2 | 27.0 |
Langford 4 | 23,898 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 105 | 0 | 27 | 113 | 107.2 | 34.0 |
Langley | 25,965 | 33 | 16 | 49 | 189 | 0 | 52 | 200 | 169.4 | 17.6 |
Mission | 37,390 | 40 | 13 | 53 | 142 | 1 | 48 | 128 | 129.1 | 23.9 |
North Cowichan | 29,121 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 110 | 0 | 30 | 103 | 85.4 | 32.6 |
North Vancouver | 49,709 | 34 | 24 | 58 | 117 | 0 | 64 | 129 | 100.7 | 24.1 |
Penticton | 33,375 | 41 | 3 | 44 | 132 | 0 | 45 | 135 | 139.6 | 43.3 |
Pitt Meadows | 17,066 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 123 | 0 | 21 | 123 | 83.7 | 19.8 |
Port Alberni | 18,298 | 25 | 7 | 32 | 175 | 0 | 34 | 186 | 148.7 | 50.0 |
Salmon Arm | 17,043 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 117 | 0 | 19 | 111 | 112.5 | 19.2 |
Squamish | 17,219 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 139 | 0 | 24 | 139 | 100.8 | 22.8 |
Vernon | 38,345 | 52 | 9 | 61 | 159 | 0 | 61 | 159 | 143.2 | 31.0 |
West Kelowna | 31,696 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 63 | 0 | 21 | 66 | 74.5 | 26.1 |
White Rock | 20,682 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 116 | 0 | 23 | 111 | 62.5 | 26.1 |
Population 5,000 to 14,999 | ||||||||||
Nelson | 9,796 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 174 | 8 | 17 | 174 | 103.8 | 40.4 |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
Castlegar | 7,700 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 169 | 0 | 13 | 169 | 109.6 | 21.2 |
Coldstream District Municipal | 9,987 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 7 | 70 | 51.0 | 22.0 |
Comox | 12,882 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 93 | 4 | 12 | 93 | 49.1 | 46.5 |
Dawson Creek | 11,895 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 177 | 0 | 23 | 193 | 130.1 | 34.2 |
Duncan | 5,359 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 168 | 0 | 8 | 149 | 114.9 | 41.8 |
Hope | 6,734 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 193 | 0 | 13 | 193 | 153.8 | 29.0 |
Kent | 5,541 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 49.0 | 20.9 |
Kimberley | 6,628 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 151 | 0 | 9 | 136 | 61.8 | 24.5 |
Kitimat | 9,317 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 161 | 0 | 15 | 161 | 97.0 | 30.0 |
Ladysmith | 7,980 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 100 | 2 | 7 | 88 | 92.9 | 21.0 |
Lake Country | 10,516 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 105 | 0 | 11 | 105 | 91.1 | 31.3 |
Merritt | 7,547 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 172 | 0 | 15 | 199 | 215.1 | 39.0 |
North Saanich | 11,461 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 87 | 0 | 13 | 113 | 43.1 | 29.1 |
Parksville | 11,861 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 126 | 2 | 15 | 126 | 120.2 | 29.7 |
Powell River | 13,512 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 141 | 0 | 18 | 133 | 78.8 | 29.5 |
Prince Rupert | 13,005 | 27 | 4 | 31 | 238 | 0 | 36 | 277 | 203.8 | 41.4 |
Qualicum Beach | 9,174 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 2 | 7 | 76 | 67.9 | 16.7 |
Quesnel | 9,788 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 215 | 0 | 21 | 215 | 262.7 | 37.6 |
Revelstoke | 7,679 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 156 | 0 | 11 | 143 | 89.2 | 23.3 |
Sechelt | 9,099 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 121 | 0 | 11 | 121 | 81.0 | 42.8 |
Sidney | 11,954 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 125 | 0 | 14 | 117 | 71.5 | 40.3 |
Smithers | 5,345 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 168 | 0 | 9 | 168 | 194.6 | 37.6 |
Sooke | 10,221 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 88 | 0 | 11 | 108 | 98.5 | 27.7 |
Summerland | 11,251 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 98 | 0 | 9 | 80 | 51.9 | 13.4 |
Terrace | 11,794 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 212 | 0 | 25 | 212 | 157.3 | 39.4 |
Trail | 7,523 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 199 | 0 | 14 | 186 | 110.3 | 34.1 |
View Royal | 9,286 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 86 | 0 | 8 | 86 | 93.5 | 30.9 |
Whistler | 10,597 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 198 | 0 | 23 | 217 | 157.7 | 22.0 |
Williams Lake | 11,209 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 241 | 0 | 24 | 214 | 230.0 | 44.9 |
Population less than 5,000 6 | ||||||||||
Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police | 2,938 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 204 | 3 | 9 | 306 | 160.9 | 48.9 |
Other 7 | ||||||||||
Lower Mainland Integrated Teams, Royal Canadian Mounted Police | … | 143 | 39 | 182 | … | 21 | 215 | … | … | … |
South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority | … | 142 | 16 | 158 | … | 57 | 170 | … | … | … |
Populations are based on July 1st preliminary postcensal populations for 2009 (based on the 2006 Census),
Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Populations are adjusted to follow
policing boundaries. Populations for 2010 are not yet available.
The police-reported Crime Severity Index measures
changes in the severity of crime from year to year. Each type of offence is
assigned a weight derived from actual sentences handed down by courts.
The weighted clearance rate is based on the
same principle used to create the Crime Index, whereby more serious offences
are assigned a higher weight than less serious offences. Applying this concept
to clearance rates means that, for example, the clearance of a homicide, robbery
or break and enter receives a higher weight than the clearance of less serious
offences such as minor theft, mischief and disturbing the peace.
The authorized strength figures shown in this
report may not match the authorized strength figures reported by the British
Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General based on differences
in the time frame reported, definitions of terms, and categories of included
personnel.
Included in this total are the 54 positions
Surrey Royal Canadian Mounted Police authorizes for the Lower Mainland Integrated
Teams.
All municipalities under 5,000 and
unincorporated areas are policed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provincial
force. The police force listed in the publication in this category is a First
Nations Administered Police Service.
The police forces listed in the publication
in this category provide policing services within Vancouver and surrounding
municipalities. Because these forces operate in collaboration with, and within
the jurisdictions of, other police forces, neither the police-reported crime
statistics nor the populations associated with these areas are included in
this table.
Note(s):
Use caution in comparing forces: The number of officers may not reflect
the number available for general community policing because some officers
in certain communities are restricted to specific locations (e.g. ports, airports).
Note for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police municipal contracts: Civilian employees
provided by the municipality are not included under "Other personnel".
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police
Administration Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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