CN Police
| Canadian National Police Service | |
| Common name | CN Police Service |
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| The badge of the Canadian National Police Service | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1923 |
| Preceding agencies | |
| Legal personality | Non government: Canadian National Railway Company |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| International agency | |
| Countries | |
| Legal jurisdiction | Federal: Properties owned, operated or administered by a railway and
in any place within 500 Meters of property that it owns or administers. |
| Constituting instrument | Railway Safety Act of Canada- Sec. 44 |
| General nature | |
| Specialist jurisdiction | Railways, tramways, and-or rail transit systems. |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 935 de La Gauchetière Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Agency executive | Chief Stephen Covey, Director of Administration Rejean St Hilaire |
| Parent agency | Canadian National Railway Company |
| Website | |
| CN Police | |
The Canadian National Railway Police Service is a private police service enforcing all criminal and provincial laws on properties owned, operated and administered by Canadian National Railway (CN). CN has rail lines in Canada and the United States including some of the lines used by the Government of Ontario Transit (GO Transit) throughout the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Established in 1923, sworn officers operate across Canada and the United States. In Canada the Headquarters is located in Montreal, Quebec. Regional offices in Montreal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Edmonton, Alberta; and Vancouver, British Columbia.
In Canada, the BC Rail Police amalgamated into the CN Police Service in 2005. In the US three railway police services, Illinois Central Railroad Police, Grand Trunk Railway Police and Wisconsin Central Transportation Police also amalgamated into the CN Police Service.
In Canada, officers are federally sworn under section 44.1 - Railway Safety Act granting powers as Police Constables and have the same powers of arrest as any police officer in Canada as 'Peace Officers' under Section 2 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Their federal oath of office primarily directs their duties 'on and along' the lines of the CN. Officers also have special provincial appointments which allow them to extend provincial enforcement outside the boundaries set under the Railway Safety Act of Canada, except in Quebec.
The primary goal of CN Police officers is protect rail commerce and rail infrastructure. The three main focused mandates of the CN Police Service are:
- Traffic enforcement and collision investigations, to reduce deaths and injuries along rail lines and properties
- Criminal and provincial investigation including Crime Prevention (CPTED)
- Public Safety and Awareness Education
In 1995 CN Police officers were greatly reduced during the privatization of the CN from the federal government. This transitioned CN from a Crown Corporation to private industry, becoming a tax paying corporation thereby entitling CN to the municipal and provincial policing efforts already established across the nation. Thus allowing for the reduction of this federal police service.
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[edit] Detachment offices
[edit] Alberta
[edit] British Columbia
[edit] Manitoba
[edit] New Brunswick
[edit] Nova Scotia
[edit] Ontario
- Brampton
- Brantford
- Brockville
- Capreol
- Cobourg
- Fort Frances
- Hamilton
- London
- Niagara Falls
- Oakville
- Oshawa
- Sarnia
- Scarborough
- Thunder Bay
- Toronto
- Vaughan
- Windsor
[edit] Quebec
[edit] Saskatchewan
[edit] United States
CN Police offices in the United States, with the headquarters located in Chicago, Illinois, are located in:
- Detroit, Michigan
- Lansing, Michigan
- Chicago, Illinois
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Jackson, Mississippi
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Greenville, Pennsylvania
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