Table 9-9
Police personnel in municipal police services — Alberta, 2011

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Alberta, 2011


Table summary
This table displays the results of alberta. The information is grouped by police service (appearing as row headers), 2010  population, 2011 actual strength, 2011 authorized strength, 2010 crime, police officers, police officers per 100,000  population, other personnel, total police, crime severity index, weighted clearance rate and male, calculated using male, female, total, number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).

Police service 2010  PopulationNote 1 2011 Actual strengthNote 2 2011 Authorized strengthNote 5 2010 crime
Police officers Police officers per 100,000  populationNote 3 Other personnelNote 4 Total police Police officers per 100,000  populationNote 3 Crime Severity IndexNote 6 Weighted clearance rateNote 7
Male Female Total
  number rate number rate
Population 100,000 and
over
 
Calgary 1,138,393 1,601 282 1,883 165 726 1,938 170 75.8 35.6
Edmonton 830,496 1,305 302 1,607 193 589 1,588 191 110.4 39.0
Population 50,000 to 99,999  
Lethbridge Regional 90,010 148 15 163 181 48 168 187 98.8 55.9
Medicine Hat 63,465 101 14 115 181 43 116 183 76.0 52.3
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Grande Prairie 52,097 64 19 83 159 0 84 161 136.7 49.2
Red Deer 93,355 96 41 137 147 0 151 162 141.6 34.5
St. Albert 64,653 41 12 53 82 0 55 85 71.7 30.5
Strathcona 62,954 59 14 73 116 0 76 121 65.6 34.3
Wood Buffalo 61,115 114 36 150 245 1 147 241 133.0 43.1
Population 15,000 to 49,999  
Camrose 16,885 28 2 30 178 15 31 184 95.2 52.1
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Airdrie 33,135 26 9 35 106 0 37 112 91.3 32.2
Blackfalds 20,991 2 0 2 10 0 5 24 69.7 36.8
Cochrane 15,660 13 7 20 128 0 18 115 69.9 39.2
Fort Saskatchewan 16,892 20 5 25 148 0 24 142 124.9 40.1
Leduc 19,298 15 7 22 114 0 25 130 127.0 39.7
LloydminsterNote 8 26,316 31 7 38 144 0 39 148 177.7 42.8
Okotoks 19,502 18 2 20 103 0 19 97 86.5 39.4
Spruce Grove 22,099 17 3 20 91 0 20 91 105.1 30.3
Population 5,000 to 14,999  
Lacombe 12,006 11 3 14 117 13 15 125 69.6 47.0
Taber 8,440 13 1 14 166 10 14 166 83.4 64.4
Royal Canadian Mounted Police  
Banff 7,698 12 3 15 195 0 16 208 162.5 51.3
Beaumont 9,996 10 1 11 110 0 11 110 77.4 45.3
Bonnyville 6,328 12 0 12 190 0 11 174 184.1 64.8
Brooks 14,055 18 1 19 135 0 23 164 114.7 43.0
Canmore 13,595 14 4 18 132 0 19 140 60.0 46.2
Chestermere 10,904 13 3 16 147 0 16 147 75.8 30.2
Cold Lake 12,678 12 4 16 126 0 17 134 122.4 46.2
Devon 7,124 5 2 7 98 0 7 98 69.1 34.6
Drayton Valley 7,812 7 3 10 128 0 11 141 154.4 47.5
Drumheller 7,513 8 1 9 120 0 11 146 156.4 46.7
Edson 8,538 13 3 16 187 0 17 199 158.3 45.8
High River 12,337 13 3 16 130 0 18 146 78.5 36.8
Hinton 10,250 14 5 19 185 0 19 185 100.2 43.2
Innisfail 8,230 7 3 10 122 0 9 109 100.4 32.5
Morinville 7,576 6 3 9 119 0 9 119 90.1 48.8
Olds 8,339 6 1 7 84 0 9 108 88.5 43.7
Peace River 6,989 10 0 10 143 0 12 172 111.1 58.5
Ponoka 7,375 7 3 10 136 0 12 163 132.9 50.1
Redcliff 5,701 8 0 8 140 2 8 140 61.1 46.7
Rocky Mountain House 7,518 8 4 12 160 0 14 186 177.0 41.3
Slave Lake 7,262 10 1 11 151 0 13 179 144.2 56.2
St. Paul 5,562 4 5 9 162 0 11 198 235.7 63.9
Stettler 5,740 6 2 8 139 0 8 139 132.1 39.8
Stony Plain 13,952 13 0 13 93 0 13 93 114.1 39.1
Strathmore 11,181 10 5 15 134 0 16 143 98.6 52.2
Sylvan Lake 11,516 13 1 14 122 0 14 122 79.5 51.5
Vegreville 5,888 8 1 9 153 0 8 136 132.1 52.6
Wainwright 5,715 7 1 8 140 0 8 140 88.4 50.1
Wetaskiwin 13,244 17 2 19 143 0 22 166 176.7 50.0
Whitecourt 9,427 16 0 16 170 0 15 159 146.7 42.6
Population less than 5,000  
Blood TribeNote 9 4,307 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 402.2 60.0
Lakeshore Regional 1,953 8 1 9 461 2 10 512 247.0 75.9
North Peace Tribal 637 5 1 6 942 1 6 942 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Tsuu T'inaNote 10 2,999 9 1 10 333 4 10 333 583.2 40.3
1.
Populations are based on preliminary postcensal estimates for 2010, Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2011 are not yet available.
2.
Represents the actual number of permanent, fully-sworn police officers of all ranks (or their full-time equivalents) as of May 15, 2011.
3.
Based on the number of police officers in 2011 and populations for 2010. Populations are adjusted to follow policing boundaries. Populations for 2011 are not yet available.
4.
Counts include civilian and other personnel (e.g., clerical, dispatch, management, cadets, special constables, security officers, school crossing guards, by-law enforcement officers) on the police department's payroll as of May 15.
5.
Represents the number of fully-sworn police officer positions that the police department was allowed to fill during the calendar or fiscal year, whether or not that number of officers was hired.
6.
The Crime Severity Index takes into account both the volume and the seriousness of crime. In the calculation of the Crime Severity Index, each offence is assigned a weight, derived from average sentences handed down by criminal courts. The more serious the average sentence, the higher the weight for that offence. As a result, more serious offences have a greater impact on changes in the index. All Criminal Code offences, including traffic offences and other federal statute offences, are included in the Crime Severity Index. The Crime Severity Index is not available for police services or detachments with populations less than 1,000. Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.
7.
Criminal incidents can either be cleared by charge or cleared otherwise (for example, through extrajudicial means in instances where a charge could otherwise be laid). The weighted clearance rate is based on the same principle used to create the police-reported Crime Severity 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. The weighted clearance rate is not available for police services or detachments with populations less than 1,000. Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.
8.
Includes the portion of Lloydminster that is located in Saskatchewan.
9.
Non-respondent.
10.
Personnel data for 2011 were not available; therefore 2010 personnel data were substituted.
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".
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Police Administration Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.