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| Peel Regional Police Police régionale de Peel | |
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| Motto | A Safer Community Together! |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1974 |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 7150 Mississauga Road Mississauga,Ontario43°36′36″N79°45′13″W / 43.61007125703783°N 79.75361005313262°W /43.61007125703783; -79.75361005313262 |
| Sworn members | 2,200 |
| Unsworn members | 875 |
| Elected officer responsible | |
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| Divisions | 5 |
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ThePeel Regional Police (PRP) provides policing services forPeel Region (excluding Caledon) inOntario, Canada. It is the second largest municipal police service in theGreater Toronto and Hamilton Area in Ontario, and the third largest municipal force behind theToronto Police Service, with 2,200 uniformed members and close to 875 support staff members. The Peel Regional Police serve approximately 1.48 million citizens ofMississauga andBrampton, located immediately west and northwest of Toronto, and provide law enforcement services atToronto Pearson International Airport (located in Mississauga), which annually sees 50 million travelers. Although it is part of the Regional Municipality of Peel, policing for theTown of Caledon, which is located north of Brampton, is the responsibility of theOntario Provincial Police (OPP).
The village ofSnelgrove was once part of Caledon but is now within Brampton and the jurisdiction of the Peel Regional Police. The PRP also patrols the section ofHighway 409 between the Peel-Toronto boundary line (immediately west of Highway 427) and Pearson International Airport. Policing of all other400-series highways that pass through the region, including highways401,403,410, and427 as well as theQueen Elizabeth Way and the407 ETR, is the responsibility of the OPP.
The Peel Regional Police were established in tandem with the creation of the Regional Municipality of Peel on 1 January 1974. The former law enforcement organizations ofBrampton,Mississauga,Chinguacousy,Port Credit andStreetsville were merged into a single law enforcement organization known as the Peel Regional Police.[1]
The Toronto Township Police Department was formed in January 1944 and was later renamed "Mississauga Police Department" in 1968. The Port Credit Police Department was founded with the township's incorporation in 1909. The Streetsville Police Department was formed in 1858. The Brampton Police Department dates back to 1873, when it was established to replace policing services previously provided by Chinguacousy. The Chinguacousy Township Police trace their roots back to 1853. Areas north of Mayfield Road (except Snelgrove) were transferred to the OPP when the northern half of Chinguacousy was incorporated into Caledon (the southern half becoming part of Brampton) in 1974. All the police services merged into the Peel Regional Police in 1974. As of 2020, the Peel Regional Police had approximately 2,200 officers and 875 support staff. Since the creation of this police force, six deaths have been recorded, five from traffic collisions (the latest in March 2010) and one from a stabbing in 1984.[2]
The Peel Regional Police Service Board consists of civilians who govern the police service.[3] The Board’s membership consists of three provincial appointees, a citizen appointee, and three others, including the Mayors of Brampton and Mississauga (presently vacant due to resignation by the Mayor of Mississauga), and the Regional Council Chair. The council heads, as Board Chair and Vice Chair, are selected from among the other board members.
The Peel Regional Police divide the region into five divisions. Major police stations are located in each division, which smaller community police stations support. These provide residents with services to deal with traffic complaints, neighborhood disputes, minor thefts, community issues, landlord-tenant disputes, found property, and doubts or questions related to policing in the community.
Commanded by Superintendent David Kennedy
Commanded by Superintendent Robert Higgs
The Marine Unit at 135 Lakefront Promenade is located in this division. The unit is responsible for 105 square kilometers of waterways, including Lake Ontario and rivers that run in the region, using 3 boats. It was created in 1974 and inherited 1 boat from the Port Credit Police Department.[4]
Commanded by Superintendent Navdeep Chinzer
Commanded by Superintendent Navdeep Chhinzer
Currently commanded by Superintendent Robert Higgs, the airport division was established in 1997 following the departure of theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). It consists of plainclothes officers, uniformed officers, unsworn staff members, and the tactical unit at 2951 Convair Drive, Mississauga.
| Rank | Commanding officers | Senior officers | Police officers | Recruits | ||||||||||
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| Chief of police | Deputy chief of police | Staff superintendent | Superintendent | Staff inspector (not in use) | Inspector | Staff sergeant | Sergeant | Senior police constable | Police constable first class | Police constable second class | Police constable third class | Police constable fourth class | Cadet | |
| Insignia (slip-on) |  |  |  |  | .png) |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia | |||
| Insignia (shoulder board) | .png) | .png) | .png) | .png) | _(E).png) | .png) | Shoulder boards not used for these ranks | |||||||
| Shirt color | White | Navy blue | ||||||||||||
| Time served | 7 years | 5 years | 3 & 1/2 years | 2 years | Recruit / first 6 months | 30 months | ||||||||
| Rank | Special constables | |
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| Special Constable Supervisor | Special Constable | |
| Insignia (slip-on) |  |  |
| Shirt color | Light blue | |
As of January 2008, front-line officers wear dark navy blue shirts, cargo pants with a red stripe, and boots. Winter jackets are either black or reflective orange and yellow with the wordpolice in white and blue at the back. Hats are standardforage caps with a red band. Yukon hats or embroidered toques are worn in the winter. Frontline officers wear dark navy shirts, V-neck sweaters (optional during cold weather months), and side-pocket patrol pants ("cargo pants") with a red stripe (ranks of sergeant and higher wear a black stripe down their pant leg in place of red). Officers wear dark navy rank slip-ons on the epaulets of their shirts, sweaters, and jackets with embroidered Canadian flags and badge numbers (in white) beneath each (rank insignia above the flag for ranks above constable). Senior officers wear white shirts, dark navy pants (no side pockets) with a black stripe, and dark navy jackets. Dark navy V-neck sweaters are also worn. Senior officers wear gold collar brass (on the collar of their shirts) and dark navy rank slip-ons on the epaulets of their shirts, sweaters, and jackets with embroidered Canadian flags, no badge numbers, and applicable rank insignia above the flag.
The external carriers (body armor) officers wear are black with silverpolice on the back and an embroidered patch over the right pocket with the badge number embroidered in white. This is the only uniform item that is black. On dark navy V-neck sweaters, an embroidered patch is worn on the left chest withpolice in white. Officers' standard headdress is the forage (or peak) cap; the cap is dark navy with a black peak, red band, and silver cap badge (gold cap badge for senior officers). An optional Yukon hat (artificial fur hat) or uniform toque can be worn in the winter. Officers of the Sikh faith are permitted to wear uniform turbans (dark navy blue with red stripe and cap badge). The shoulder flash (embroidered patch) worn on each arm by officers ranked constable through staff sergeant has a white border, white lettering, black background, and colored seal of the Regional Municipality of Peel. The shoulder flash worn on each arm by senior officers (higher ranks) has a gold border, gold lettering, black background, and colored seal of the Regional Municipality of Peel.
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The Peel Regional Police Service has a fleet of over 500 vehicles, including:
All marked vehicles are painted white with three blue stripes, a change from the yellow standard used by police forces in the 1980s across the Greater Toronto Area. In 2007, the Peel Regional Police spearheaded a campaign to amend provincial law to equip police cruisers with blue and red lights and deployed the first such cruiser in Ontario. As of 2008, new cruisers sport a single blue stripe. The force's logo moves forward along the stripe with the motto and phone number on the rear back door. Traffic enforcement has several vehicles that are not marked as described above. These vehicles are painted in a solid colour, like most civilian vehicles, with the wordsPeel Regional Police applied in a semi-reflective decal in the same colour as the vehicles' paint. Examples are cherry decals on red paint or charcoal decals on black paint.
Uniform patrol
Airport division & tactical response unit
Traffic enforcement
Investigation
Special
Community support
Peel Regional Police members are involved in public service and volunteering throughout the community, fundraising for a variety of charitable organizations. They have annually raised over $1,000,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and $140,000 through the "Cops for Cancer" program. They are also one of the region's largest donors to theUnited Way.
Jennifer Evans and the Peel Regional Police faced a 21-million-dollar lawsuit alleging that they unlawfully interfered in the operation of the Special Investigations Unit.[9][10][11] Previously, Evans had faced numerous calls for resignation after refusing to endcarding and implementing body worn cameras for all the frontline police officers.[12][13]
On 8 December 1988, 17-year-old Michael Wade Lawson was shot to death by two Peel Regional Police officers. Anthony Melaragni, No. 1192, and Darren Longpre, No. 1139, were both charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault after a preliminary hearing; a jury later acquitted both. The officers claimed that the stolen vehicle driven by Lawson was approaching the officers head-on in a threatening manner, and they then discharged their firearms.[25]
An autopsy conducted by the Ontario Coroner's Office showed that the unarmed teenager was struck by ahollow-point bullet to the back of the head. This type of bullet was considered illegal at the time, as hollow-point bullets were not authorized for use by police officers in Ontario. Shortly after Lawson's death, theAttorney General of Ontario and theblack Canadian community pressured the government to establish a race relations and policing task force. This task force made several recommendations, and the result led the provincial government to create a law enforcement oversight agency known as theSpecial Investigations Unit for conducting investigations and laying charges against police officers for their actions resulting in a civilian's injury or death.[25]
The Peel Regional Police Public Complaints Investigation Bureau (PCIB) investigates all complaints made by the public regarding the actions and services provided by police officers. PCIB is a branch of the Professional Standards Bureau.
In 2005, 158 public complaints were filed:
In 2004, 180 public complaints were filed:
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