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.
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]
SPVQ operations consists of four stations covering 6 Boroughs:
Station Address | Borough Served | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
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: