Fredericton Police

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Fredericton Police
Force policière de Fredericton
PoliceCrestBlue.jpg
MottoTo serve and protect
Agency overview
FormedJune 27, 1851
Legal jurisdictionMunicipal
Headquarters311 Queen St

Sworn members113 [1]
Elected officer responsible
  • The Honourable Denis Landry, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Agency executive
Website
frederictonpolice.com

The Fredericton Police are the police force for the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick.

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History

The Fredericton Police were created on June 27, 1851. One police officer was hired (unpaid) to patrol wards. Their first (unofficial) chief of police was Sgt. Paul Phillips. City council never allowed him to utilize the name "chief of police". The first official chief of police was George Winter (September 1908) and retained the position for eight months.

The Fredericton City Council is the municipal governing body of the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

In 1883, the Fredericton Police relocated their headquarters to what is now the City of Fredericton's city hall and remained there until 1971. The Fredericton Police again relocated their office in 1971, to York Street, and shared the building with the Fredericton Fire Department. Since 1983, the Fredericton Police Force are located at 311 Queen Street in downtown Fredericton.

Fredericton City Hall

The Fredericton City Hall is the meeting place of the Fredericton City Council in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The three-storey building was constructed between 1875 and 1876 by architects McKean and Fairweather and built by H. B. Crosby and O. M. Campbell in the Second Empire style. It is located near Phoenix Square in Downtown Fredericton.

Fredericton Fire Department

Fredericton Fire Department is the Fire Department for the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick. It has been serving Fredericton since 1817, and has 96 Suppression personnel, 1 Training Officer, 4 Fire Prevention/Inspectors, 5 Managers and 2 Admin staff.

In 1973, the Fredericton Police hired their first female police officer, Shirley Jollimore.

Organization

The Fredericton Police Force was established on June 27, 1851, and consisted of one unpaid police officer who patrolled various wards in the city.

The following is a list of the chiefs of police from 1908 to the present day:

George Winter was the first chief of police, and served from September 2, 1908, to May 5, 1909.

John Hawthorne - June 2, 1909, to November 8, 1912

John H. McCollom - November 11, 1912, to July 31, 1916

W. H. Finley - August 16, 1916, to May 31, 1922

Nathanial Jones - July 3, 1922, to 1945

J. D. O'Connell - 1946-1954

Alfred Barker - 1955-1957

Bryce Neely - 1957-1972

Ronald Goodyear - 1972-1976

Lionel Poirier - 1976-1970

Gordon "Mac" Carlisle - 1980-2005

Barry D. McKnight - 2005-2012

Leanne J. Fitch - 2013–2019

Roger Brown -2019 - Present

In 1913, the police force consisted of:

Firearms

The Fredricton Police carry SIG Sauer P226 pistols.

SIG Sauer P226 Swiss semi-automatic pistol

The SIG Sauer P226 is a full-sized, service-type pistol made by SIG Sauer. This model is sold with a choice of four chambers to choose from: the 9×19mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .357 SIG, or .22 Long Rifle. It has essentially the same basic design as the SIG Sauer P220, but is developed to use higher capacity, double stack magazines in place of the single stack magazines of the P220. The P226 itself has spawned further sub-variants; the P228 and P229 are both compact versions of the double stack P226 design. The SIG Sauer P226 and its variants are in service with numerous law enforcement and military organizations worldwide.

Operations

Operations of the Fredericton Police includes:

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References

  1. "Fredericton faces shrinking police force". CBC.ca. 2013-08-15. Retrieved 2013-08-15.