Service de police de la Ville de Montréal

The Service de police de la ville de Montréal ( SPVM ) is the police service of the Canadian city of Montreal. With approximately 4,400 police officers and 1,600 civilian employees of the SPVM is the second largest municipal police in Canada after the Toronto Police Service as well as the second largest police department of the province of Quebec by the Sûreté du Québec. The SPVM is entrusted with the maintenance of law and order and the criminal investigation in Montreal and 15 other municipalities in the administrative region of Montreal.

History

The history of the Montreal police goes back to the year 1663, as in Ville- Marie first time patrolling sergeant. As a rule, these were to soldiers, and occasionally civilians. On March 15, 1843, the formal establishment of the Département de police de Montréal with 51 non-uniformed policemen. Uniforms were introduced in 1848 and 1853 were the police officers the right to carry firearms in the performance of their duties.

The growth of the city attracted an enlargement and specialization of the police with it. At the beginning of the 20th century, the police counted 467 officers. This number has remained relatively stable, the following three decades. The rapid increase in crime due to the global economic crisis had a tripling of the stock resulted in the 1930s. 1957 was the first mobile laboratory is available, 1992, the City Police Museum was opened.