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Table 9-9
Police personnel in municipal police services — Alberta, 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 | ||||||||||
| Calgary | 1,038,481 | 1,429 | 1,398 | 222 | 1,620 | 581 | 641 | 156 | 1,670 | 161 |
| Edmonton | 763,732 | 1,116 | 1,107 | 238 | 1,345 | 505 | 568 | 176 | 1,375 | 180 |
| Population 50,000 to 99,999 | ||||||||||
| Lethbridge | 82,146 | 632 | 134 | 14 | 148 | 64 | 555 | 180 | 145 | 177 |
| Medicine Hat | 60,246 | 538 | 96 | 13 | 109 | 35 | 553 | 181 | 109 | 181 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
| Red Deer | 97,038 | 31 | 83 | 28 | 111 | 0 | 874 | 114 | 125 | 129 |
| St. Albert | 64,535 | 1,842 | 33 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 1,574 | 64 | 46 | 71 |
| Fort McMurray | 54,813 | 1 | 79 | 24 | 103 | 1 | 532 | 188 | 131 | 239 |
| Sherwood Park | 51,940 | 73 | 48 | 16 | 64 | 0 | 812 | 123 | 70 | 135 |
| Population 15,000 to 49,999 | ||||||||||
| Camrose | 17,281 | 555 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 720 | 139 | 27 | 156 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
| Airdrie | 27,628 | 835 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1,105 | 90 | 28 | 101 |
| Brooks | 21,484 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1,264 | 79 | 21 | 98 |
| Cochrane | 21,576 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1,660 | 60 | 14 | 65 |
| Grande Prairie | 49,900 | 817 | 59 | 12 | 71 | 0 | 703 | 142 | 78 | 156 |
| Leduc | 26,729 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 1,572 | 64 | 19 | 71 |
| Okotoks | 17,188 | 927 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1,322 | 76 | 16 | 93 |
| Spruce Grove | 19,155 | 725 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1,197 | 84 | 16 | 84 |
| Population 5,000 to 14,999 | ||||||||||
| Blood Tribe Police | 3,444 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 20 | 123 | 813 | 31 | 900 |
| Lacombe | 11,403 | 625 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 877 | 114 | 13 | 114 |
| Taber | 8,575 | 568 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 613 | 163 | 14 | 163 |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police | ||||||||||
| Banff | 7,885 | 1,626 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 464 | 216 | 18 | 228 |
| Beaumont | 9,152 | 871 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1,144 | 87 | 8 | 87 |
| Bonnyville | 12,256 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1,362 | 73 | 9 | 73 |
| Canmore | 14,289 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 841 | 119 | 18 | 126 |
| Chestermere | 7,466 | 838 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 830 | 121 | 9 | 121 |
| Cold Lake | 11,699 | 197 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1,300 | 77 | 11 | 94 |
| Devon | 8,006 | 617 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1,334 | 75 | 6 | 75 |
| Drayton Valley | 10,587 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1,059 | 94 | 10 | 94 |
| Drumheller | 7,268 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 808 | 124 | 9 | 124 |
| Edson | 8,576 | 290 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 613 | 163 | 16 | 187 |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 18,104 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 905 | 110 | 20 | 110 |
| High River | 12,665 | 212 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1,055 | 95 | 14 | 111 |
| Hinton | 9,631 | 374 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 688 | 145 | 18 | 187 |
| Innisfail | 8,492 r | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1,213 | 82 | 7 | 82 |
| Morinville | 7,566 | 78 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 841 | 119 | 8 | 106 |
| Olds | 7,779 r | 704 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1,297 | 77 | 8 | 103 |
| Peace River | 6,554 r | 264 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 728 | 137 | 11 | 168 |
| Ponoka | 7,868 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 715 | 140 | 11 | 140 |
| Rocky Mountain House | 6,854 | 551 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 571 | 175 | 12 | 175 |
| Slave Lake | 6,721 | 474 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 560 | 179 | 12 | 179 |
| St. Paul | 5,558 | 810 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 794 | 126 | 9 | 162 |
| Stettler | 5,460 | 575 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 780 | 128 | 7 | 128 |
| Stony Plain | 12,049 | 338 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1,095 | 91 | 12 | 100 |
| Strathmore | 11,506 | 738 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1,151 | 87 | 11 | 96 |
| Sylvan Lake | 12,263 | 1,132 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1,022 | 98 | 13 | 106 |
| Vegreville | 5,757 | 427 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 822 | 122 | 7 | 122 |
| Wainwright | 5,412 | 633 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 773 | 129 | 7 | 129 |
| Wetaskiwin | 11,980 | 709 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 631 | 159 | 20 | 167 |
| Whitecourt | 9,447 | 361 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 945 | 106 | 14 | 148 |
| Population less than 5,000 | ||||||||||
| Louis Bull 2 | 998 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 166 | 601 | 6 | 601 |
| North Peace Tribal 3 | 1,334 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tsuu T'ina Nation | 2,781 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 278 | 360 | 11 | 396 |
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.
According to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, the 2007 registered band population for Louis Bull Tribe is 1,777.
This police service opened in 2005 and has always been a non-respondent.
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). Note for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police municipal contracts: Civilian employees provided by the municipality are not included under “Other personnel”.
