You will not receive a reply. Submissions that include telephone numbers, addresses, or emails will be removed. Table of contents. Overview Policing in Alberta is community-based. Police services, oversight bodies, the Alberta government and a number of independent agencies and organizations, civilian groups and municipal bodies work in partnership across our province to: help keep our communities safe ensure our policing services are effective and performing their duties according to legislated requirements, standards and community priorities The Police Act , Police Service Regulation and provincial standards set out roles and responsibilities — and how police services, oversight bodies and associated policing partners and systems operate.
Policing oversight The balance between the independence and authority of law enforcement on one hand and their accountability to the public and the civilian authority, on the other, is a vital part of our democratic society. Law Enforcement Review Board This independent board , established under the Police Act , hears appeals from citizens and police officers regarding complaints of officer misconduct and may conduct inquiries respecting complaints or police related matters.
Administration of justice within the provinces, including enforcement of the Criminal Code, is part of the power and duty delegated to the provincial governments.
The RCMP provides police services under the terms of policing agreements to all provinces except Ontario, Quebec ; Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and, under separate municipal policing agreements, to municipalities. Divisions roughly approximate provincial boundaries with their headquarters located in respective provincial or territorial capitals.
The workforce is composed of three categories of employees: regular members more than 17, , civilian members approximately 3, and public service employees over 5, For more information, please follow the link to its official website in the Links section below.
Newfoundland has its own provincial police force, but the RCMP provides contract policing in many communities. The provinces of Ontario and Quebec have their own police forces:. There are currently 12 municipalities in B. These municipalities pay percent of their policing costs from local property taxes. There are 63 municipalities in B. The RCMP operates stand-alone, integrated and regional detachments across the province.
An integrated detachment is two or more municipal or provincial RCMP units working in the same building. The members from each unit in an integrated detachment report to the same commanding officer.
Integrated detachments usually provide services to the combined municipal and provincial policing areas. A regional detachment will manage integrated and independent detachments in an area.
These arrangements allow specialized and administrative police services to be delivered regionally. Municipalities with populations from 5, to 14, pay 70 percent of the cost base described in the policing agreements. The federal government pays the remaining 30 percent. Municipalities with populations of 15, or more pay 90 percent of the cost base described in the policing agreements.
The federal government pays the remaining 10 percent. From coast-to-coast-to-coast, at the community, provincial, territorial and federal levels, we work to:. We work in over detachments in communities across the country. We also provide policing services in more than Indigenous communities.
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