Waterloo Regional Police Service

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Waterloo Regional Police Service
The WPRS logo
Agency overview
Formed	1973
Annual budget	$140,000,000 (2014)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
Size	1,382 km² or 533.59 sq mi
Population	560,000 (2014)
Operational structure
Headquarters	Cambridge, Ontario
Sworn members	800
Elected officer responsible	The Honourable Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General of Ontario
Agency executive	Bryan Larkin, chief of police
Divisions	5
Facilities
Stations	Headquarters; 3 stations; 2 sub-stations
Website
Waterloo Regional Police Service

The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) provides policing services for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, which encompasses the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge, as well as the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich. The WRPS was established in 1973, to replace the individual police departments in the region. The cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Galt; the towns of Preston, Hespeler, Elmira and New Hamburg; the Village of Bridgeport and Waterloo Township had their own respective police department. The townships of Woolwich, Wellesley, Wilmot and North Dumfries were under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Provincial Police. In 1991 the Waterloo Regional Police Force was renamed to their current name.^[1]