Table 12-5
Police personnel in municipal police services — Quebec, 2012

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Police personnel in municipal police services — Quebec, 2012
Table summary
"This table displays selected police personnel and crime statistics for Quebec. The row headers provide information by police service, organized by the size of the population which they serve. The column headers provide the population size, the number of police officers (including the number of male and female officers), and the number of other personnel and authorized police strength. The rates of police officers and of authorized strength are also shown, as are the weighted clearance rate and the Crime Severity Index (expressed as a rate). The table also provides the net number of gains or losses of officers from hirings and departures along with the percentage of officers eligible for retirement."
Police service 2011  Population 1 2012 Actual strength 2 2012 Authorized strength 3 2011 crime Net gain or loss:  2011  hirings and departures 2011  Police officers eligible to retire 8
Police officers Police officers per  100,000  population 4 Other personnel 5 Total police Police officers per  100,000  population 4 Crime Severity Index 6 Weighted clearance rate 7
Male Female Total
  number rate number rate number percent
Population 100,000 and over  
Gatineau 261,660 301 83 384 147 155 393 150 66.8 45.3 8 2.9
Laval 9 404,046 388 159 547 135 178 531 131 70.4 33.2 7 ..
Lévis 137,505 115 31 146 106 63 146 106 40.3 42.6 -4 1.4
Longueuil 405,476 390 168 558 138 233 562 139 76.6 29.6 -26 5.7
Montréal 1,969,242 3,105 1,375 4,480 227 1,256 4,597 233 99.6 25.7 -58 18.1
Québec 553,192 563 190 753 136 172 719 130 56.3 38.7 14 2.8
Richelieu/St. Laurent 191,205 170 41 211 110 38 211 110 45.6 32.1 -4 0.0
Roussillon, Régie intermunicipale 100,336 90 24 114 114 32 114 114 38.0 41.6 -10 7.9
Saguenay 145,506 144 35 179 123 67 179 123 71.1 34.0 -3 2.2
Sherbrooke 158,227 161 39 200 126 52 200 126 60.6 39.2 5 4.5
Terrebonne 131,080 114 37 151 115 45 151 115 52.6 42.7 -4 0.7
Trois-Rivières 130,557 131 29 160 123 60 160 123 70.4 46.2 2 0.0
Population 50,000 to 99,999  
Châteauguay 76,046 83 27 110 145 22 112 147 52.0 34.1 -1 0.9
Granby 64,314 66 12 78 121 33 78 121 59.6 47.3 7 0.0
Mirabel 52,099 32 9 41 79 25 41 79 59.0 29.0 -2 0.0
Repentigny 88,763 101 21 122 137 32 122 137 48.3 41.2 7 0.0
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 91,833 76 31 107 117 33 109 119 76.9 35.1 -1 0.0
Saint-Jérôme 72,638 89 20 109 150 34 109 150 101.8 39.5 5 0.0
Thérèse-De-Blainville 82,184 81 17 98 119 37 98 119 67.5 47.4 -13 3.1
Population 15,000 to 49,999  
Blainville 48,249 61 14 75 155 32 75 155 53.3 39.5 4 1.3
Deux-Montagnes, regional police service 43,058 46 9 55 128 18 50 116 53.3 29.8 1 0.0
L'Assomption 21,710 24 8 32 147 14 38 175 49.0 32.9 -1 6.3
Magog 31,927 44 6 50 157 13 44 138 61.2 55.8 1 8.0
Mascouche 38,708 41 10 51 132 24 51 132 63.8 43.5 -1 0.0
MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais 49,984 41 10 51 102 12 51 102 46.9 42.9 2 2.0
Saint-Eustache 45,543 39 21 60 132 25 60 132 67.0 52.9 10 5.0
Saint-Georges 30,442 26 4 30 99 8 30 99 55.6 48.7 2 0.0
Thetford Mines 25,379 25 7 32 126 14 29 114 57.2 55.2 -1 0.0
Population 5,000 to 14,999  
Bromont 6,519 18 9 27 414 4 31 476 52.3 57.6 5 0.0
Eeyou Eenou Cree Region 10 14,977 60 15 75 501 26 82 548 179.9 0.0 .. ..
Kahnawake First Nations 10,125 27 5 32 316 14 31 306 39.0 0.0 2 0.0
Kativik Regional 11,366 42 4 46 405 21 66 581 54.9 88.6 -2 0.0
Mont-Tremblant 9,310 26 6 32 344 16 32 344 136.8 46.9 2 0.0
Sainte-Adèle 11,500 24 5 29 252 .. 29 252 119.9 27.0 0 24.1
Sainte-Marie 12,326 12 2 14 114 6 14 114 37.7 49.8 0 0.0
Police personnel in municipal police services — Quebec, 2012 (continued)
Police service 2011  Population 1 2012 Actual strength 2 2012 Authorized strength 3 2011 crime Net gain or loss:  2011  hirings and departures 2011  Police officers eligible to retire 8
Police officers Police officers per  100,000  population 4 Other personnel 5 Total police Police officers per  100,000  population 4 Crime Severity Index 6 Weighted clearance rate 7
Male Female Total
  number rate number rate number percent
Population less than 5,000  
Amérindienne de Manawan 10 1,813 13 1 14 772 4 17 938 36.7 0.0 .. ..
Amérindienne de Wemotaci 11 1,038 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 237.6 74.6 .. ..
Amérindienne d'Odanak 12 627 5 1 6 957 1 6 957 .. .. -1 0.0
Essipit 250 4 0 4 1,600 0 4 1,600 .. .. 0 0.0
Eagle Village 11 264 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Gesgapegiac Amerindian 12 509 3 3 6 1,179 0 4 786 .. .. 3 0.0
Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg 1,065 8 0 8 751 1 8 751 82.7 0.0 8 0.0
Lac Simon 13 1,177 12 0 12 1,020 1 12 1,020 518.1 0.0 4 0.0
Listuguj 1,407 9 0 9 640 5 13 924 220.0 0.8 0 0.0
Mashteuiatsh 1,710 8 1 9 526 1 11 643 184.8 70.5 1 22.2
Montagnais de Pakua Shipi 12 270 4 0 4 1,481 0 4 1,481 .. .. 1 0.0
Naskapi 10 , 12 , 14 571 5 0 5 876 1 4 701 .. .. .. ..
Obedjiwan 14 1,731 16 1 17 982 2 0 0 194.4 30.6 8 29.4
Pessamit 11 2,224 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 83.0 92.8 .. ..
Pikogan 12 500 2 2 4 800 1 3 600 .. .. -2 0.0
Timiskaming 463 7 1 8 1,728 1 8 1,728 .. .. 2 25.0
Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam 11 2,320 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 308.7 67.0 .. ..
Wendake 1,783 15 0 15 841 1 15 841 72.7 31.9 0 0.0
1.
Populations are based on preliminary postcensal estimates for 2011, Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2012 are not yet available.
2.
Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2012.
3.
Represents the number of fully-sworn police officer positions that the police department was allowed to fill during the calendar or fiscal year, whether or not that number of officers was hired.
4.
Based on the number of police officers in 2012 and populations for 2011. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2012 are not yet available.
5.
Counts include civilian and other personnel (e.g., clerical, dispatch, management, cadets, special constables, security officers, school crossing guards, by-law enforcement officers) on the police department’s payroll as of May 15.
6.
The police-reported Crime Severity Index (CSI) takes into account both the volume and the seriousness of crime. In the calculation of the CSI, each offence is assigned a weight, derived from average sentences handed down by criminal courts. The more serious the average sentence, the higher the weight for that offence. As a result, more serious offences have a greater impact on changes in the index. All Criminal Code offences, including traffic offences and other federal statute offences, are included in the CSI. The CSI is not available for police services or detachments with populations less than 1,000. Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.
7.
Criminal incidents can either be cleared by charge or cleared otherwise (for example, through diversionary programs and other extrajudicial means in instances where a charge could otherwise be laid). The weighted clearance rate is based on the same principle used to create the police-reported Crime Severity 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 weighted clearance rate is not available for police services or detachments with populations less than 1,000. Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.
8.
The percent of officers eligible to retire is calculated using counts of officers who were eligible to retire in 2011 (or the 2011/2012 fiscal year), along with the number of fully sworn officers employed on May 15, 2012.
9.
Information on eligibility to retire is not available for this police service.
10.
Information on hirings, departures and eligibility to retire is not available for this police service.
11.
Non-respondent.
12.
Crime statistics are not available for this police service.
13.
This police force employs Native Special Constables. Native Special Constables are personnel with limited law enforcement authority. They provide a restrictive policing role within Aboriginal communities and act as liaison between fully sworn police officers and Aboriginal members of the community.
14.
Personnel data for 2012 are not available; therefore, 2011 data were substituted.
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).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Police Administration Survey and Supplemental.
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