Table 9-1
Police personnel in municipal police services — Newfoundland and Labrador, 2010

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Newfoundland and Labrador, 2010
  2009  population 1 2010 actual strength 2010 authorized strength 2009 crime
Police officers Police officers per 100,000  population Other personnel Total police Police officers per 100,000  population Crime Severity Index 2 Weighted clearance rate 3
Male Female Total
  number rate number rate
Population 100,000 and over  
St. John's, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 185,157 264 61 325 176 90 318 172 90.6 23.7
Population 15,000 to 49,999  
Corner Brook, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 20,050 33 6 39 195 8 45 224 63.4 36.4
Population 5,000 to 14,999  
Labrador City, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 9,844 15 5 20 203 7 19 193 59.3 25.3
1.
Populations are based on July 1st preliminary postcensal populations for 2009 (based on the 2006 Census), Demography Division, Statistics Canada. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2010 are not yet available.
2.
The police-reported Crime Severity Index measures changes in the severity of crime from year to year. Each type of offence is assigned a weight derived from actual sentences handed down by courts.
3.
The weighted clearance rate is based on the same principle used to create the Crime Index, whereby more serious offences are assigned a higher weight than less serious offences. Applying this concept to clearance rates means that, for example, the clearance of a homicide, robbery or break and enter receives a higher weight than the clearance of less serious offences such as minor theft, mischief and disturbing the peace.
Note(s):
There are no municipal police forces in Newfoundland. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, a provincial police force, is responsible for providing policing to some of the larger municipalities and, for the purposes of this report, they have been included above.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.