Ottawa Police Service

Ottawa Police Service Service de police d'Ottawa (French)
Abbreviation	OPS
Motto	Community Service Communautaire
Agency overview
Formed	1855 (original) 2001 (current OPS)
Annual budget	$346.5 million (2022)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Ottawa
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
Governing body	Ottawa Police Services Board
Constituting instrument	Police Services Act (RSO 1990 c. P.15)
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	474 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sworn members	1,480 (2022)
Unsworn members	620 (2022)
Elected officer responsible	Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General of Ontario
Agency executive	Eric Stubbs, Chief of Police
Parent agency	City of Ottawa
Facilities
Stations	3
Community Police Centers	5
Website
www.ottawapolice.ca

The Ottawa Police Service (OPS; French: Service de police d'Ottawa) is the municipal police service of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, as well as most of the Ontario side of the National Capital Region. The OPS employs 1,480 officers and 620 staff as of 2022, and serves an area of 2,790 square kilometres and 1,017,449 (2021 census) people, alongside several other police forces which have specialized jurisdiction. Formally established in 1855, the OPS gradually absorbed the police forces of other neighbouring municipalities as Ottawa itself expanded, and experienced multiple mergers and reforms in the process; the current OPS was established in 2001.