Service de police de la Ville de Québec
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City of Quebec Police Service Service de police de la Ville de Quebec | |
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Abbreviation | SPVQ |
Agency overview | |
Formed | May 2, 1843 (historic) 2002 |
Annual budget | $121,417,617 (2018) |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | CAN |
Size | 485.77 square kilometres (187.56 sq mi) |
Population | 531,902 |
Legal jurisdiction | Quebec City, Quebec |
Operational structure | |
Sworn members | 800 |
Unsworn members | 200 |
Elected officer responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Facilities | |
Police Posts | 4 |
Website | |
http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/police/ |
The Service de police de la Ville de Québec (French for Quebec City Police Service) is the municipal police force of Quebec City, Quebec.
History[]
Quebec has had some policing since 1651, but a modern force was not formed in 1843 under the leadership of .[1]
The current force was created for five separate police forces merging into the existing Quebec City police force in 2002.[2]
Operations[]
SPVQ operations consists of four stations covering 6 Boroughs:
Station Address | Borough Served | Notes |
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275 Rue de la Maréchaussée | 1st Borough La Cité-Limoilou | Existing Capital area before 2002. |
2780 rue de la Faune | 2nd Borough Les Rivières 6th Borough La Haute-Saint-Charles |
Previously served by police departments in Vanier (rest of Les Rivières was covered by SPVQ before 2002), Val-Bélair and Haute-Saint-Charles |
1130 route de l'Eglise | 3rd Borough Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge | Previous served by police departments for Sainte-Foy, Sillery |
4252 rue d'Orsainville | 4th Borough Charlesbourg 5th Borough Beauport |
Previous served by police departments for Charlesbourg |
There are plans to reduce the number of stations to two:
- consolidate stations serving La Cité-Limoilou, Les Rivières, Charlesbourg, Beauport and La Haute-Saint-Charles into one station out from Lebourgneuf with a smaller sub station l'édifice F.-X. Drolet de Saint-Roch serving the city centre.
- Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge would maintain a dedicate station.
Organization[]
Ranks:
- Chief of Police/Director
- inspector
- Lieutenant
- Sergeant/
- Constable
List of directors and chiefs of police[]
- 1843 - 1858 :
- 1858 - 1866 :
- 1880 - 1895 :
- 1903 - 1936 :
- 1938 - 1942 : (1887-1942)
- 1950 - 1965 :
- 1965 :
- 1965 - 1968 :
- 1968 - 1972 :
- 1973 - 1980 :
- 1980 - 1985 :
- 1985 - 1996 :
- 1997 - 2001 :
- 2001 - 2006 :
- 2007 - 2011 :
- 2011 - 2016 :
- 2016 - 2021 :
- 2021 - :
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Law enforcement agencies of Quebec
- Municipal government of Quebec City
- Canadian law stubs
- Law enforcement agency stubs