The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is the police force
servicing Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1834, it was the first
municipal police service created in North America and one of the oldest police
services in the English-speaking world. It is the largest municipal police
service in Canada and third largest police force in Canada after the Ontario
Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
At a budget of over $1 billion, it ranks second only to the
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) in the budgetary expenses of the municipal
government of Toronto. The Toronto Police Service was founded in 1834 when the
city of Toronto was first created from the town of York. The Toronto Police is
one of the English-speaking world’s oldest modern municipal police departments;
older than, for example, the New York City Police Department which was formed
in 1845 or the Boston Police Department which was established in 1839.
Today, the Toronto Police Service is responsible
for overall local police service in Toronto and works with the other emergency
services (Toronto Paramedic Services and Toronto Fire Services) and other
police forces in the GTA.
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