City of Quebec Police Service
Service de police de la Ville de Quebec
Patch of the SPVQ, worn on officers’ uniforms
Patch of the SPVQ, worn on officers’ uniforms
AbbreviationSPVQ
Agency overview
FormedMay 2, 1843 (historic)
2002
Annual budget$121,417,617 (2018)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionCAN
Size485.77 square kilometres (187.56 sq mi)
Population531,902
Operational structure
Headquarters275, rue de la Maréchaussée
Quebec City, Quebec
G1K 2L3
Sworn members800
Unsworn members200
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
  • Robert Pigeon, Chief of Police (Director)
Facilities
Police Posts4
Website
https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/police/index.aspx

The Service de police de la Ville de Québec (French for Quebec City Police Service) is the municipal police force of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and the neighbouring municipalities in the urban agglomeration of Quebec City.

History

Quebec has had some level of policing since 1651, but a modern force was not established until 1843 under the leadership of Robert Henry Russell.[1]

The current force was created from the merger of five separate police forces into the existing Quebec City police force in 2002.[1]

Operations

SPVQ operations consists of four stations covering 6 Boroughs:

Station Address Borough Served Notes
275 Rue de la Maréchaussée1st Borough La Cité-LimoilouExisting Capital area before 2002.
2780 rue de la Faune2nd Borough Les Rivières
6th Borough La Haute-Saint-Charles		Previously served by police departments in Vanier (rest of Les Rivières was covered by SPVQ before 2002), Val-Bélair and Haute-Saint-Charles
1130 route de l'Eglise3rd Borough Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-RougePrevious served by police departments for Sainte-Foy, Sillery
4252 rue d'Orsainville4th Borough Charlesbourg
5th Borough Beauport		Previous served by police departments for Charlesbourg

There are plans to reduce the number of stations to two:

  • consolidate stations serving La Cité-Limoilou, Les Rivières, Charlesbourg, Beauport and La Haute-Saint-Charles into one station out from Lebourgneuf with a smaller sub station l'édifice F.-X. Drolet de Saint-Roch serving the city centre.
  • Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge would maintain a dedicate station.

Organization

Ranks:

List of directors and chiefs of police

  • 1843 - 1858 : Robert Henry Russell
  • 1858 - 1866 : Jean-Baptiste Bureau
  • 1880 - 1895 : Léon P. Vohl
  • 1903 - 1936 : Émile Trudel
  • 1938 - 1942 : Adolphe-Stephen Thomas dit Bigaouette (1887-1942)
  • 1950 - 1965 : Roger Lemire
  • 1965 : Aimé Guillemette
  • 1965 - 1968 : Gérard Girard
  • 1968 - 1972 : Joseph-Alphonse Matte
  • 1973 - 1980 : Jean-Charles Vanhoutte
  • 1980 - 1985 : Robert Vézina
  • 1985 - 1996 : Normand Bergeron
  • 1997 - 2001 : Alexandre Matte
  • 2001 - 2006 : Daniel Langlais
  • 2007 - 2011 : Serge Bélisle
  • 2011 - 2016 : Michel Desgagné
  • 2016 - 2021 : Robert Pigeon
  • 2021 -  : Denis Turcotte

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "D'hier à aujourd'hui" (in French). Le Service de police de la Ville de Québec. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023.
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