Abbreviation WPS Annual budget $65 million | Formed July 1, 1867 Population 210 000 | |
Preceding agency Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment Legal personality Governmental: Government agency | ||
The Windsor Police Service is a police force originally established on July 1, 1867, to provide service to the City of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It succeeded the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment
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The current Chief of Police is Al Frederick, appointed December 22, 2011. Chief Frederick was appointed acting chief in 2011 when the Windsor force was boiling over with controversy following the abrupt retirement of Chief Gary Smith amid allegations of brutality and other misconduct by his officers. Frederick became the permanent chief the following year.
Facilities
As a smaller force WPS does not have police stations, but a small number of service centres:
The police force is active on social media like Twitter and Facebook.
Police Chiefs
List of former Police Chiefs:
References
Windsor Police Service Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA