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Table 9-1
Police personnel in municipal police services — Newfoundland and Labrador, 2008
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| Population 1 | Population density | Actual strength | Authorized strength | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Police officers | Other personnel | Population per police officer | Police officers per 100,000 population | Total police | Police officers per 100,000 population | |||||
| Male | Female | Total | ||||||||
| number | persons per km 2 | number | rate | number | rate | |||||
| Population 100,000 and over | ||||||||||
| St. John's, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary | 182,605 | 241 | 250 | 53 | 303 | 125 | 603 | 166 | 303 | 166 |
| Population 15,000 to 49,999 | ||||||||||
| Corner Brook, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary | 20,380 | 137 | 38 | 7 | 45 | 8 | 453 | 221 | 45 | 221 |
| Population 5,000 to 14,999 | ||||||||||
| Labrador City, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 2 | 9,762 | 1.1 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 465 | 215 | 21 | 215 |
Populations are based on July 1st preliminary postcensal populations for 2007 (based on the 2001 Census in 2006 Census boundaries), Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2008 are not yet available.
The area previously covered by Churchill Falls is excluded from the population density calculations.
Note(s):
There are no municipal police forces in Newfoundland. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, a provincial police force, is responsible for providing policing to the three largest municipalities and, for the purposes of this report, they have been included above.
