Table 12-10
Police personnel in municipal police services — British Columbia, 2012

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Police personnel in municipal police services — British Columbia, 2012
Table summary
"This table displays selected police personnel and crime statistics for British Columbia. 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  
Abbotsford 139,362 179 38 217 156 76 216 155 78.6 29.6 7 2.8
Delta 110,828 129 36 165 149 69 170 153 78.6 29.6 6 0.0
Saanich 118,064 119 34 153 130 51 154 130 44.5 33.7 -1 3.3
Vancouver 669,867 1,048 304 1,352 202 430 1,327 198 103.4 30.1 -34 5.0
Victoria 106,206 187 56 243 229 96 243 229 124.1 34.6 0 4.9
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Burnaby 233,291 224 75 299 128 3 278 119 93.3 25.2 11 7.0
Coquitlam 130,336 111 38 149 114 2 144 110 66.7 20.1 11 12.8
Kelowna 121,070 116 38 154 127 1 157 130 113.0 33.9 3 13.6
Langley Township 107,061 93 34 127 119 1 127 119 98.1 17.5 -2 5.5
Richmond 199,629 179 49 228 114 1 227 114 77.3 21.4 1 7.9
Surrey 450,191 493 122 615 137 11 641 142 129.9 20.2 16 7.3
Population 50,000 to 99,999  
New Westminster 67,231 89 21 110 164 44 108 161 102.1 26.3 7 3.6
West Vancouver 51,156 71 15 86 168 22 81 158 40.1 36.6 1 4.7
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Chilliwack 80,380 72 36 108 134 2 103 128 112.6 21.5 4 16.7
Kamloops 86,043 96 31 127 148 2 122 142 111.6 31.3 -2 12.6
Maple Ridge 78,098 66 21 87 111 0 86 110 85.4 24.6 3 2.3
Nanaimo 86,429 117 28 145 168 1 139 161 108.9 39.2 -8 13.1
North Vancouver City 51,858 41 16 57 110 0 64 123 78.2 33.6 2 10.5
North Vancouver District 93,646 60 20 80 85 0 88 94 42.0 22.6 3 12.5
Port Coquitlam 59,658 49 12 61 102 0 63 106 66.7 19.8 4 9.8
Prince George 72,321 93 31 124 171 0 127 176 159.5 32.5 -1 6.5
Population 15,000 to 49,999  
Central Saanich 16,967 21 4 25 147 6 23 136 32.9 38.2 1 28.0
Oak Bay 19,446 22 4 26 134 3 26 134 42.4 23.1 -1 26.9
Port Moody 31,140 45 8 53 170 20 50 161 47.7 34.8 4 0.0
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Campbell River 31,035 31 12 43 139 0 43 139 108.9 45.2 0 14.0
Colwood 15,806 8 7 15 95 2 15 95 41.7 36.9 0 6.7
Courtenay 23,523 23 7 30 128 8 30 128 108.8 42.5 -1 10.0
Cranbrook 19,495 16 7 23 118 0 26 133 101.1 34.1 -1 17.4
Fort St. John 18,714 26 8 34 182 0 34 182 163.6 36.4 2 5.9
Langford 24,271 16 13 29 119 1 26 107 84.7 45.2 -2 13.8
Langley 27,118 38 17 55 203 1 52 192 170.5 15.5 1 14.5
Mission 38,504 33 12 45 117 1 49 127 121.7 21.7 -1 4.4
North Cowichan 29,528 24 4 28 95 0 31 105 78.4 32.2 -1 7.1
Penticton 32,716 42 4 46 141 0 45 138 132.7 43.6 -1 8.7
Pitt Meadows 17,762 14 8 22 124 0 22 124 65.1 21.8 0 9.1
Port Alberni 18,584 22 8 30 161 0 34 183 141.1 45.2 -2 10.0
Salmon Arm 17,062 13 5 18 105 0 19 111 104.5 20.0 -1 5.6
Squamish 17,860 16 10 26 146 0 24 134 106.5 25.9 4 3.8
Vernon 37,984 49 8 57 150 0 61 161 121.4 33.5 -1 12.3
West Kelowna 30,413 14 5 19 62 0 22 72 55.2 26.4 0 5.3
White Rock 21,808 14 6 20 92 0 23 105 63.6 18.1 0 5.0
Population 5,000 to 14,999  
Nelson 9,732 16 1 17 175 7 17 175 98.2 43.2 -1 0.0
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Castlegar 7,685 11 4 15 195 0 13 169 96.1 39.1 1 6.7
Coldstream District Municipal 9,826 4 3 7 71 0 7 71 39.6 20.7 0 14.3
Comox 13,016 5 5 10 77 4 11 85 40.2 25.1 0 20.0
Dawson Creek 11,769 16 5 21 178 0 24 204 136.8 43.3 2 0.0
Hope 7,009 11 3 14 200 0 13 185 176.4 31.5 1 7.1
Kent 5,754 5 0 5 87 0 5 87 106.8 41.0 1 0.0
Kimberley 6,604 8 1 9 136 0 8 121 68.2 23.6 -1 0.0
Kitimat 9,098 12 3 15 165 0 15 165 94.3 42.1 3 0.0
Ladysmith 8,111 3 4 7 86 1 7 86 81.0 26.9 0 14.3
Lake Country 10,739 9 2 11 102 0 12 112 69.3 35.3 0 36.4
Merritt 7,530 13 3 16 212 0 15 199 166.1 35.8 1 6.3
North Saanich 11,805 8 3 11 93 0 13 110 34.7 33.6 0 0.0
Parksville 12,207 9 6 15 123 2 16 131 67.6 30.2 0 13.3
Powell River 13,485 15 3 18 133 0 18 133 73.8 37.2 0 11.1
Prince Rupert 12,852 23 6 29 226 0 36 280 181.9 46.3 3 3.4
Qualicum Beach 9,498 6 2 8 84 2 8 84 31.1 22.0 -1 0.0
Quesnel 9,538 22 1 23 241 0 21 220 181.9 45.7 2 4.3
Revelstoke 7,610 8 2 10 131 0 12 158 87.9 22.0 -1 0.0
Police personnel in municipal police services — British Columbia, 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
Sechelt 9,254 6 6 12 130 0 11 119 75.6 36.4 1 8.3
Sidney 12,291 11 3 14 114 0 14 114 57.0 36.4 -2 14.3
Smithers 5,154 6 1 7 136 0 9 175 149.9 37.4 1 14.3
Sooke 10,456 8 4 12 115 0 11 105 71.7 34.4 0 8.3
Summerland 11,001 7 2 9 82 0 9 82 43.6 21.2 -1 11.1
Terrace 11,501 18 5 23 200 0 25 217 165.9 45.0 1 0.0
Trail 7,554 9 2 11 146 0 14 185 126.5 47.2 0 9.1
View Royal 9,520 7 2 9 95 1 8 84 51.2 33.1 0 0.0
Whistler 10,917 12 7 19 174 0 23 211 142.1 23.3 0 5.3
Williams Lake 10,864 19 5 24 221 0 24 221 198.2 44.7 2 0.0
Population less than 5,000  9  
Stl'atl'imx Tribal Police 3,019 3 2 5 166 6 9 298 111.4 40.1 -1 0.0
Other 10  
Lower Mainland Integrated Teams, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 153 34 187 29 215 -1 5.9
South Coast BC Transportation Authority 144 21 165 65 167 0 3.0
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.
Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2012.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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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