Quebec City Police Service Explained

Agencyname:City of Quebec Police Service
Nativename:French: Service de police de la Ville de Quebec
Abbreviation:SPVQ
Patch:Insigne SPVQ (cropped).jpg
Patchcaption:Patch of the SPVQ, worn on officers’ uniforms
Formedyear:1843 (historic)
2002
Formedmonthday:May 2
Budget:$121,417,617 (2018)
Country:Canada
Countryabbr:CAN
Divname:Urban agglomeration of Quebec City
Sizepopulation:531,902
Headquarters:French: 275, rue de la Maréchaussée, Quebec City
Sworn:800
Unsworn:200
Minister1name:François Bonnardel
Minister1pfo:Ministre de la Sécurité publique
Chief1name:Robert Pigeon
Chief1position:Chief of Police (Director)
Stationtype:Police Post
Stations:4

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 AddressBorough ServedNotes
275 Rue de la Maréchaussée Existing Capital area before 2002.
2780 rue de la Faune 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'Eglise Previous served by police departments for Sainte-Foy, Sillery
4252 rue d'Orsainville Previous served by police departments for Charlesbourg

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

List of directors and chiefs of police

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: D'hier à aujourd'hui. French. Le Service de police de la Ville de Québec . https://web.archive.org/web/20230408043947/https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/police/apropos/organisation/historique.aspx . April 8, 2023.