Table 12-11
Police personnel in municipal police services — Yukon, 2012

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Police personnel in municipal police services — Yukon, 2012
Table summary
"This table displays selected police personnel and crime statistics for Yukon. 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 15,000 to 49,999  
Whitehorse, Royal Canadian Mounted Police 27,604 26 5 31 112 0 35 127 127.9 52.8 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.
Note(s):
There are no municipal police services in Yukon. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police polices the territory on a rural contract basis and, for the purposes of this report, the largest area for which services are provided is included. 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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