The Winnipeg Police Service is Winnipeg city police, Manitoba, Canada.
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History
When Winnipeg became a city in 1873, elections were held to elect the new Mayor and Aldermen. Those appointed decided to hire city officials, including the Chief of Police. On February 23, 1874, John S. Ingram was appointed first Chief of Police of Winnipeg.
During 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, most of the troops replaced by 2000 were better paid by special police for refusing to sign a declaration pledged not to become union members or to participate in sympathy attacks, even though they remained in charge during the strike. The union was broken, and Chris H. Newton became Chief of Police acting.
In 1972, Winnipeg joined eight neighboring communities, causing community mergers, but still had eight police services with different uniforms and radio channels. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) contract for Charleswood and Headingly was canceled, and the area fell under the patrol area of ​​Inner City. On 21 October 1974, the merger of the service was completed, and eight other services were formed into six districts. On January 1, 1975, all police officers in Winnipeg began to wear the same uniform with the same shoulder straps that stated, "One, with the power of many people".
In the early 1990s, J.B. Dale Henry, a retired RCMP officer and former division commander "D" Manitoba, was selected as the first Police Captain not of his own line of service. Henry is highly respected among minorities and seeks to change and enhance the image of the police in Winnipeg. One of the most striking changes was the name of the police, from the Winnipeg Police Department (which had existed for 120 years), to the Winnipeg Police Service. Another change is the addition of the slogan "Community Commitment".
Henry also changed the departmental level to what is known today and described above. 13 gold stars on badges represent 13 communities who joined to form Winnipeg during amalgamation in the 1970s, and crocus was a provincial flower.
In 2003, the City Council approved plans by the Winnipeg Police Service to go from six districts, to four. The plan involves three new police facilities. New New District Station was completed in 2008, and the Western District Station was completed in November 2013.
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Administration
The Winnipeg Police Service is headed by Chief of Police Danny Smyth who was appointed November 8, 2016, replacing Chief Devon Clunis who retired July 9, 2016. The three Deputy Chiefs are Art Stannard, Gord Perrier, and Jeff Szyszkowski. The service has 1442 officers who are roughly half on the front line otherwise known as, General Patrol (Uniform Operation). WPS also has more than 510 civilian workers.
Organization
Winnipeg City is divided into four policing districts: Downtown, West, North and East. Each district contains several general and special police units.
Special units include:
- Bicycle Patrol Unit
- Bomb Disposal Unit
- Canine Unit
- Central Traffic Units
- The Crowd Management Unit
- Enforcing Photo Unit
- Pawn Unit
- River Patrol Unit
- Underwater Search & amp; Recovery Unit
- Victim Services Unit
- The Street Crimes Unit
- Tactical Support Team (TST) - formerly a part-time Emergency Response Unit (ERU) consists of officers trained for special circumstances, such as hostage situations, armed incidents and barricades, and search warrants.
- Training Units - Including, police vehicle operation instructors, policy and law instructors, firearms instructors, and the use of strength instructors - are located at the WPS Training Academy
- Division 40 - Criminal Investigation Bureau - Murder, Drugs, Hate Crime, Main Crime, Moral, Crime Integrated Outcome (IPOC), Organized Crime, and Crime Crime
- Division 41 - Criminal Investigation Bureau - Missing Persons, Child Abuse, Internet Child Exploitation (ICE), Domestic Violence, High Risk Offenders, Sex Crimes, Vulnerable People, and Youth Crimes
- Division 42 - Criminal Investigation Bureau - Burning, Commercial Crime, Automatic Theft, Pawnshops, Supervision, and Forensic Services
- Flight Operations Units
- The Cadet Force Helper section
Fleet
Both are Marked and Unmarked.
- Ford Police Interceptor Sedan
- Ford Police Interceptor Utility
- Ford Crown Victoria (Being Replaced)
- EC120 B Colibri
- Detection of Chevrolet Impala
- Chevrolet Tahoe
Ranking and Insignia
Recruitment
The trainee candidate must be at least eighteen years old with a high school diploma, and be able to complete the Physical Aptitude Police Officer (POPAT) Test, which determines the physical abilities of a recruitment. The training is paid and takes 37 weeks consisting of classrooms, the use of force and in field training with the assigned Field Training Officer, who supervises them as they perform all routine tasks. After this process is completed recruited inducted into police services. After five years of general patrol services, officers may apply for special divisions as listed above.
Winnipeg Police Museum
The Winnipeg Police Museum is a museum in Winnipeg. This museum shows the history of Winnipeg Police from 1874 to the present. Pictures, equipment, vehicles, and other artefacts are presented inside the museum. A 1911 prison cell from North End Station is one of the highlights of the museum. In June 2016, the museum moved to a new location inside the police headquarters at 245 Smith Street.
Controversy
Incidents involving Aborigines
On March 9, 1988, Winnipeg Police, Robert Cross approached Aboriginal J.J. Harper, after thinking of him as a car theft suspect, there was a struggle. However, he had taken the officer's official pistol and the life and death struggle ensued and his gun exploded, killing Mr. Harper. Initially, the shooting was ruled as justified by the internal firearms investigation board. Furthermore, however, shootings and other events led to the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry, a comprehensive inquiry into the treatment of the First Nations in the Manitoba court system. In 1991, the investigation concluded that WPS's internal investigation was wrong and intended to free Cross rather than discover the truth. Subsequently, they decided that the Cross Police had used excessive force and were therefore responsible for Harper's death even though Mr. Harper catches the officer revolver. Cross police left the department due to stress and died prematurely from heart disease in their 40s. The report recommends that, in the future, shootings involving officers will be investigated by independent parties.
Recent case
On 31 January 2005, 18-year-old Matthew Dumas was armed with a screwdriver and confronted with Police Dennis Gbarek (a Metis officer). At that time, the Police are investigating the invasion of the house and Dumas is believed to be involved. The policeman ordered Dumas to drop the screwdriver several times with Dumas responding by crashing into the Police and being shot to stop the threat. Dumas died of his wounds, It was then determined he was not involved in the invasion of the house. Two reviews of shootings were conducted by the Calgary Police Department in August 2006 and by the Office of the Crown Ontario Lawyers in May 2007 at the request of the Manitoba government. Both reviews concluded Winnipeg police investigation of the shootings was handled properly. In June 2008, an investigation was held for the death of Dumas. The examination report, released in December 2008, ruled that racism was not a factor in the incident.
Two incidents in the summer of 2008 sparked further allegations of racism within the police force. In July, the 17-year-old Michael Langan, a MÃÆ'Ã… © tis, died after being taken away by the police. Witnesses have reported a young man breaking into a vehicle, and police meet Langan a few blocks away, allegedly using a knife and refusing to surrender. David Chartrand, president of the Federation of Manitoba Metis, suggested that racial profiling might have led to police using excessive force, a charge disputed by police chief Keith McCaskill. In August, Craig McDougall, member of Wasagamach First Nation and J.J's nephew. Harper, was taken then shot by police responding to a disturbance call in the town of West End. Police reported that McDougall brandished a knife, though family members had denied the claim, saying McDougall had a cell phone.
Other incidents
In February 2005, a truck driven by the unattended WEP Constable Derek Harvey-Zenk, reportedly drunk after attending a drinking party all night, crashing and killing Crystal Park, a thirty-three-year-old mother while she stopped at a red light. The incident was originally investigated by St. Police. East Paul. Harvey-Zenk was initially charged with "driving disorder causing death" and many other charges. However, in July 2007, Harvey-Zenk was sentenced to "dangerous driving to death" (a smaller accusation) and was given a conditional "two years less a day" penalty, to be served at his home.
Public condemnation of the defense and allegations that the investigation has failed to lead to a provincial inquiry, which began in June 2008. At the time of the investigation, several police officers testified that they had not seen Harvey-Zenk drinking, leading to an alleged police cap. Furthermore, a waiter who served the liquor throughout the night testified that he was pressured not to "remember too much" by the restaurant manager, who "befriended" the officers. Officers involved in the investigation denied they gave preferential treatment to Harvey-Zenk.
Chief of Police
Winnipeg Police Chief of Police
- John S. Ingram 1874 - 1875
- B. Murray 1875 - 1887
- John C. McRae 1887 - 1911
- Donald Macpherson 1911 - 1919
- Christopher H. Newton 1919 - 1934
- George Smith 1934 - 1947
- Charles mcIver 1947 - 1953
- Robert T. Taft 1953 - 1965
- George S. Punch 1965 - 1970
- Norman M. Stewart 1970 - 1974
Winnipeg Police Chief
- Norman M. Stewart 1974 - 1981
- Kenneth Johnston 1981 - 1984
- Herb B. Stephen 1984 - 1991
- Dale Henry 1991 - 1995
Winnipeg Police Chief
- Dale Henry 1995 - 1996
- David A. Cassels 1996 - 1998
- Jack Ewatski 1998-2007
- Keith McCaskill 2007-2012
- Devon Clunis 2012-2016
- Danny Smyth 2016 -
Source: Winnipeg Sun and WPS
See also
- RCMP Heritage Center, Regina, Saskatchewan
- Rotary Police Museum and Corrections, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
- Vancouver Police Centennial Museum
References
External links
- Winnipeg Police Service
- Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission
- Winnipeg Police Annual Report
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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