Table 12-9
Police personnel in municipal police services — Alberta, 2012

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Police personnel in municipal police services — Alberta, 2012
Table summary
"This table displays selected police personnel and crime statistics for Alberta. 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  
Calgary 1,159,446 1,674 301 1,975 170 806 1,960 169 65.7 35.2 44 6.7
Edmonton 844,474 1,314 289 1,603 190 618 1,647 195 98.0 42.3 100 10.5
Population 50,000 to 99,999  
Lethbridge 91,438 157 15 172 188 48 173 189 87.0 56.4 7 0.0
Medicine Hat 63,841 101 14 115 180 40 116 182 78.0 55.5 3 4.3
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Grande Prairie 52,238 61 16 77 147 0 84 161 150.7 45.4 2 6.5
Red Deer 94,212 91 37 128 136 0 151 160 153.8 31.8 2 10.2
Sherwood Park 64,002 63 16 79 123 0 76 119 54.1 37.0 -1 5.1
St. Albert 65,693 40 13 53 81 0 55 84 56.5 33.9 2 5.7
Wood Buffalo 66,042 111 39 150 227 1 158 239 124.9 47.4 2 2.7
Population 15,000 to 49,999  
Camrose 17,017 28 1 29 170 15 31 182 102.4 52.8 0 10.3
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Airdrie 33,715 27 11 38 113 0 39 116 90.4 33.9 1 5.3
Blackfalds 21,260 3 2 5 24 0 5 24 119.1 47.1 0 20.0
Cochrane 15,928 15 2 17 107 0 18 113 54.5 46.4 0 0.0
Fort Saskatchewan 17,177 18 8 26 151 0 24 140 119.0 34.8 0 3.8
Leduc 19,627 18 5 23 117 0 25 127 104.5 46.2 -1 8.7
Lloydminster 9 26,544 26 8 34 128 0 42 158 160.7 41.4 1 5.9
Okotoks 19,829 18 4 22 111 0 19 96 69.2 38.7 1 9.1
Spruce Grove 22,490 15 3 18 80 0 20 89 92.8 33.8 1 16.7
Population 5,000 to 14,999  
Lacombe 12,193 10 3 13 107 3 15 123 59.1 45.9 1 23.1
Taber 8,581 13 1 14 163 10 14 163 74.7 57.9 0 0.0
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Banff 7,913 14 1 15 190 0 16 202 153.3 52.9 4 13.3
Beaumont 10,142 11 1 12 118 0 11 108 61.9 60.3 0 8.3
Bonnyville 6,415 9 1 10 156 0 11 171 211.7 51.8 1 0.0
Brooks 14,323 21 2 23 161 0 23 161 107.7 36.3 3 4.3
Canmore 14,077 13 6 19 135 0 19 135 60.3 48.3 1 0.0
Chestermere 11,091 13 2 15 135 0 16 144 69.4 32.5 1 6.7
Cold Lake 12,837 13 2 15 117 0 17 132 138.8 47.3 1 0.0
Devon 7,250 6 2 8 110 0 7 97 48.1 38.9 1 12.5
Drayton Valley 7,932 8 2 10 126 0 11 139 161.0 32.1 1 10.0
Drumheller 7,498 11 1 12 160 0 11 147 125.4 47.2 1 8.3
Edson 8,376 13 2 15 179 0 17 203 136.2 49.2 1 6.7
High River 12,628 15 4 19 150 0 18 143 66.6 37.2 1 15.8
Hinton 10,146 14 5 19 187 0 19 187 95.5 47.8 2 5.3
Innisfail 8,348 9 3 12 144 0 9 108 109.9 28.0 0 0.0
Morinville 7,684 6 3 9 117 0 9 117 65.6 41.4 1 0.0
Olds 8,522 5 1 6 70 0 9 106 88.4 42.6 0 16.7
Peace River 7,035 10 2 12 171 0 12 171 135.9 63.9 1 0.0
Ponoka 7,468 10 2 12 161 0 12 161 119.1 47.1 1 8.3
Redcliff 5,724 7 0 7 122 2 8 140 63.7 54.2 0 14.3
Rocky Mountain House 7,507 8 5 13 173 0 14 186 151.2 38.9 0 0.0
Slave Lake 7,237 9 3 12 166 0 13 180 140.2 54.1 1 0.0
St. Paul 5,633 5 5 10 178 0 11 195 218.0 59.2 0 0.0
Stettler 5,754 5 3 8 139 0 8 139 97.1 42.3 -1 12.5
Stony Plain 14,180 11 1 12 85 0 15 106 93.6 40.4 0 25.0
Strathmore 11,236 12 5 17 151 0 16 142 101.1 45.8 0 5.9
Sylvan Lake 11,625 13 2 15 129 0 14 120 82.2 44.8 2 0.0
Vegreville 5,991 8 0 8 134 0 8 134 108.6 54.3 0 12.5
Wainwright 5,705 7 0 7 123 0 8 140 88.9 48.8 1 14.3
Wetaskiwin 13,496 20 5 25 185 0 22 163 161.6 47.8 2 8.0
Whitecourt 9,321 12 1 13 139 0 16 172 151.1 53.0 0 0.0
Police personnel in municipal police services — Alberta, 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  
Blood Tribe Police 4,330 28 2 30 693 22 31 716 328.8 61.3 0 0.0
Lakeshore Regional Police 1,945 8 1 9 463 2 10 514 436.7 78.4 0 22.2
North Peace Tribal 1,239 5 1 6 484 1 6 484 385.6 81.0 0 0.0
Tsuu T'ina Nation 3,054 9 2 11 360 3 11 360 150.8 84.6 1 36.4
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.
Includes the portion of Lloydminster that is located in Saskatchewan.
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: Municipal employees working within detachments of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are not included in the category “other personnel”.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Police Administration Survey and Supplemental.
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