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Hamilton Police Service (Ontario)
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The Hamilton Police Service, formerly The Hamilton Wentworth Regional Police, is the local police service for the City of Hamilton
, Ontario
, Canada
. This agency is the primary service charged with the duty of enforcing the Criminal Code of Canada in the City of Hamilton. The organization became a paid service upon incorporation of the City in 1846. In 2010, the service protected over 500,000 residents with 793 sworn police officers, 279 civilians and a budget of $124,566,350. The current Chief of Police
is Glenn De Caire. On November 20, 2009, the Hamilton Police Services Board announced their selection of Glenn De Caire (Staff Superintendent, Toronto Police Service) as Chief-Designate. On December 9, 2009, Chief De Caire was sworn in as the 34th Chief of Police.
Hamilton's current Deputy-Chiefs are Kenneth Leendertse and Eric Girt.
The first Hamilton
area Police was established on February 13, 1833 by a statute of Upper Canada
.
Radio dispatch is supported by the city's Motorola
type II analog architecture.
The ACTION Teams consist of teams of officers who are deployed on foot and bicycle patrol. The officers are deployed based on an ongoing analysis of locations, crime trends, and offenders which will ensure that the ACTION Teams are in the right areas at the right times.
Hot spot analysis was used to assist in deployment strategies. Hotspot analysis is a statistical technique used to identify incidents that are concentrated within geographical areas over time. Identifying crime hotspots and analyzing both neighbourhood and crime characteristics within these areas are critical pieces of information for fighting crimes.
Overall there are 3 divisions and each division has 4 patrol sectors each:
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. This agency is the primary service charged with the duty of enforcing the Criminal Code of Canada in the City of Hamilton. The organization became a paid service upon incorporation of the City in 1846. In 2010, the service protected over 500,000 residents with 793 sworn police officers, 279 civilians and a budget of $124,566,350. The current Chief of Police
Chief of police
A Chief of Police is the title typically given to the top official in the chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. Alternate titles for this position include Commissioner, Superintendent, and Chief constable...
is Glenn De Caire. On November 20, 2009, the Hamilton Police Services Board announced their selection of Glenn De Caire (Staff Superintendent, Toronto Police Service) as Chief-Designate. On December 9, 2009, Chief De Caire was sworn in as the 34th Chief of Police.
Hamilton's current Deputy-Chiefs are Kenneth Leendertse and Eric Girt.
The first Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
area Police was established on February 13, 1833 by a statute of Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
.
Radio dispatch is supported by the city's Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
type II analog architecture.
ACTION Team
The ACTION Team is made possible through funding obtained from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services under the Provincial Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy (PAVIS). PAVIS aims to reduce illegal gang, drug and weapons activities in communities by focusing on intervention, prevention, enforcement and community mobilization.The ACTION Teams consist of teams of officers who are deployed on foot and bicycle patrol. The officers are deployed based on an ongoing analysis of locations, crime trends, and offenders which will ensure that the ACTION Teams are in the right areas at the right times.
Hot spot analysis was used to assist in deployment strategies. Hotspot analysis is a statistical technique used to identify incidents that are concentrated within geographical areas over time. Identifying crime hotspots and analyzing both neighbourhood and crime characteristics within these areas are critical pieces of information for fighting crimes.
Patrol
HPS patrols from 4 stations:- Station 19 Central
- Station 20 East End
- Station 30 Mountain
- Station 31 Dundas
Overall there are 3 divisions and each division has 4 patrol sectors each:
- Division 1
- Sector 1 West Town
- Sector 2 North Town
- Sector 3 Downtown
- Sector 4 South Town
- Division 2
- Sector 1
- Sector 2
- Sector 3
- Sector 4
- Division 3
- Flamborough and Dundas Sector
- West Mountain Sector
- East Mountain Sector
- South Mountain and Glambrook