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Table 9-3
Police personnel in municipal police services — Nova Scotia, 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 | ||||||||||
| Cape Breton Regional Police | 103,418 | 42 | 195 | 9 | 204 | 112 | 507 | 197 | 204 | 197 |
| Halifax Regional Police | 215,830 | 70 | 421 | 84 | 505 | 295 | 427 | 234 | 505 | 234 |
| Population 5,000 to 14,999 | ||||||||||
| Amherst | 9,560 | 795 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 416 | 241 | 23 | 241 |
| Bridgewater | 8,048 | 592 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 366 | 273 | 23 | 286 |
| Kentville | 5,923 | 341 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 269 | 371 | 22 | 371 |
| New Glasgow | 9,325 | 939 | 23 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 359 | 279 | 26 | 279 |
| Truro | 11,305 | 300 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 323 | 310 | 35 | 310 |
| Yarmouth, Royal Canadian Mounted Police | 7,757 | 735 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 408 | 245 | 18 | 232 |
| Population less than 5,000 | ||||||||||
| Annapolis Royal | 524 | 257 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 131 | 763 | 4 | 763 |
| Springhill | 4,106 | 368 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 411 | 244 | 12 | 292 |
| Stellarton | 4,791 | 533 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 479 | 209 | 10 | 209 |
| Trenton | 2,714 | 452 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 388 | 258 | 7 | 258 |
| Westville | 3,902 | 271 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 557 | 179 | 7 | 179 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
| Antigonish | 4,744 | 922 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 527 | 190 | 9 | 190 |
| Digby | 2,060 | 657 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 412 | 243 | 5 | 243 |
| Oxford | 1,355 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 452 | 221 | 3 | 221 |
| Parrsboro | 1,482 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 494 | 202 | 3 | 202 |
| Pictou | 3,842 | 484 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 640 | 156 | 7 | 182 |
| Port Hawkesbury | 3,625 | 447 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 725 | 138 | 5 | 138 |
| Shelburne | 1,925 | 214 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 481 | 208 | 4 | 208 |
| Windsor | 3,875 | 428 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 484 | 206 | 8 | 206 |
Populations are based on July 1stpreliminary 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.
Note(s):
Use caution in comparing forces: The number of officers may not reflect the number available for general community policing because some officers in certain communities are restricted to specific locations (e.g. ports, airports). For the Royal Canadian Mounted Police municipal contracts: Civilian employees provided by the municipality are not included under “Other personnel”.
