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Ontario Provincial Police Police Provinciale de l'Ontario | |
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Abbreviation | OPP |
Motto | Safe Communities, A Secure Ontario[1] |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 13 October 1909[2] |
Employees | 5 800+ uniformed officers 600+ auxiliary officers 2 600+ civilian employees[1] |
Annual budget | $1,428,600,000(CAD), 2022–2023 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Ontario, Canada |
Governing body | Ministry of the Solicitor General |
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General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 777 Memorial Avenue Orillia, Ontario, Canada |
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Facilities | |
Stations | 170[4] |
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. The OPP patrols provincial highways and waterways; protects provincial government buildings and officials, with the exception of the legislative precinct; patrols unincorporated areas in northern Ontario; provides training, operational support, and funding to some Indigenous police forces; and investigates complex or multi-jurisdictional crimes across the province.[5] The OPP also has a number of local mandates through contracts with municipal governments and First Nations, where it acts as the local police force and provides front-line services.[6][7]
With an annual budget of nearly $1.4 billion,[8] the OPP employed more than 5,800 uniformed officers, 600 auxiliary officers, and 2,600 civilian employees in 2023,[1] making it the largest police service in Ontario and the second-largest in Canada (after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). The OPP's operations are directed by its commissioner (Thomas Carrique) and it is a division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General.[9]