Toronto Police Service

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Toronto Police Service
Motto	To Serve and Protect
Agency overview
Formed	1834; 190 years ago (1834)
Employees	7,500 (5,500 police officers)[1]
Annual budget	CA$1.16 billion (2023)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Ontario
Governing body	Toronto Police Services Board
Constituting instrument	Police Services Act (RSO 1990, c. P.15)
Operational structure
Headquarters	40 College Street Toronto, Ontario M5G 2J3
Sworn members	4,870
Unsworn members	2,230
Elected officer responsible	Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General of Ontario
Agency executive	Myron Demkiw, Chief of Police
Parent agency	City of Toronto
Units	List Business & Intelligence Aviation Crime Scene Emergency Task Force Highway Patrol Communications Primary Report Intake, Management and Entry (PRIME) Court Services Fleet & Materials Management Organized Crime Control Command Integrated Gun & Gang Task Force Provincial ROPE Specialized Criminal Investigations Organized Crime Enforcement School Safety Transit Bureau Transportation Bureau
Divisions	List 11 Division 12 Division 13 Division 14 Division 22 Division 23 Division 31 Division 32 Division 33 Division 41 Division 42 Division 43 Division 51 Division 52 Division 53 Division 55 Division
Facilities
Commands	16 Divisions 12 Transit Districts 10 Housing Police Service Areas
Police cars	1,687 (2015)
Police boats	23 (2015)
Dogs	35 German Shepherds 7 Labradors
Horses	26[3]
Website
www.tps.ca

The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is a municipal police force in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and the primary agency responsible for providing law enforcement and policing services in Toronto. Established in 1834, it was the first local police service created in North America and is one of the oldest police services in the English-speaking world.

It is the largest municipal police service in Canada, and the fourth largest police force in Canada after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). With a 2023 budget of $1.16 billion, the Toronto Police Service ranks as the second largest expense of the City of Toronto's annual operating budget, after the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).