Victoria Police Department

Victoria Police Department
Victoria Police Department
	VicPD Heraldic badge
	Past style ID badge of VicPD
Abbreviation	VicPD
Motto	Honour through Service
Agency overview
Formed	July 1858
Employees	349
Volunteers	78
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Esquimalt, Victoria, Canada
Governing body	Victoria Police Board
Constituting instrument	BC Police Act;
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	850 Caledonia Avenue
Police constables	243
Civilians	106
Elected officers responsible	The Honourable Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia; Her Worship Marianne Alto, Mayor & Chair of the Victoria Police Board;
Agency executive	Del Manak, chief constable;
Facilities
Stations	2 850 Caledonia Ave ; 500 Park Place;
Website
	vicpd.ca

The Victoria Police Department (VicPD) is the municipal police force for the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada. It is the oldest municipal police department in Canada west of the Great Lakes, the first Canadian law enforcement agency to deploy tasers and VicPD created the first digital forensic unit in the country. They are also one of the few police departments in Canada to use the G36 rifle.

VicPD is currently headed by Chief Del Manak, who took office on June 13, 2017.

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