Service de police de la Ville de Montréal
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The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (City of Montreal Police Service; SPVM) is the police force for the City of Montreal. The standard sidearm of the service is the Walther P99.
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[edit] Organization
The force is lead by Director of Police Yvan Delorme.
The rank structure and current strength of the force is:
- Directeur (Director) (1)
- Directeur adjoint (Associate Director) (3)
- Assistant-directeur (Assistant Director) (8)
- Inspecteur-chef (Chief Inspector) (14)
- Inspecteur (Inspector) (12)
- Commandant (91)
- Lieutenant (50), Lieutenant-détective (Detective Lieutenant) (63)
- Sergent (Sergeant) (449), Sergent-détective (Detective Sergeant) (550)
- Agent (Constable) (3,141)
SPVM also has 1,000 civilian employees, as well as 200 police cadets.
SPVM officers are members of the Fédération des policiers et policières municipaux du Québec.
[edit] Operations
The SPVM covers an area of 496 square kilometres and 1,800,000 residents of the Greater Montreal area.
There are 49 police stations or quartier and operate within four geographical regions: East, West, North and South.
Other units of the SPVM:
- canine section
- horse Unit;
- nautical patrol
- crisis management
- strategic planning
[edit] See also
- Sûreté du Québec
- Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal
- Corporation des Urgences Sante du Montreal Metropolitain
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