The Central Saanich Police Service is the police force for the district municipality of Central Saanich, British Columbia

Central Saanich, British Columbia

Central Saanich is a district municipality in Greater Victoria and a member municipality of the Capital Regional District. It is located on the Saanich Peninsula. The district began as a farming community, and many hobby farms, along with a handful of small working farms and vineyards, still exist...

. Currently headed by Chief Constable Paul Hames with 23 constables, 5 of whom are seconded to Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU)

Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia

The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit - British Columbia was established in 2004 to facilitate the disruption and suppression of organized crime in BC and to support municipal police department when public safety is deemed to be a priority...

, Regional Crime Unit, IRSU and the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...

History

The then-Central Saanich Police Department came to life when the Corporation of the District of Central Saanich was created in 1951. It was later renamed to the present name of Central Saanich Police Service in the late 1990s.

Integrated Road Safety Unit (IRSU)

One CSPS officer is seconded to the 15 member unit IRSU. IRSU is mandated to "providing intelligence led enforcement while targeting aggressive driving behaviors, reducing alcohol related crashes and encouraging the use of seatbelts" within the Capital Regional District. This unit comprises officers from Saanich Police Department

Saanich Police Department

The Saanich Police Department is the police force for the District of Saanich, British Columbia led by Chief Constable Mike Chadwick consisting of 149 sworn members, supported by 50 civilians and 35 volunteer Reserve Constables....

, Victoria Police Department

Victoria Police Department

Victoria Police Department is the municipal police force for the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. It is the oldest municipal police department in Canada west of the Great Lakes, the first Canadian law enforcement agency to deploy Tasers and creating the...

, Oak Bay Police Department, Central Saanich Police and the RCMP under an agreement with the BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and they patrol in specially marked car and are able to enforce laws outside their municipal jurisdiction.

External links

• Central Saanich Police Service