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{{Short description|Police agency of Toronto, Canada}}
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{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname        = Toronto Police Service
| nativename        = 
| logo              = Seal of the Toronto Police Service.svg
| motto             = To Serve and Protect
| formedyear        = {{start date and age|1834}}
| employees         = 7,500 (5,500 police officers)<ref name="tpsb.ca">{{cite web|title=Toronto Police Service – The Way Forward: Modernizing Community Safety in Toronto|url=http://www.tpsb.ca/items-of-interest/send/29-items-of-interest/518-the-way-forward-modernizing-community-safety-in-toronto|access-date=6 February 2017|page=18}}</ref>
| budget            = {{CAD|1.16&nbsp;billion|link=yes}} (2023)<ref name="torstarmount" />
| country           = 
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| sizepopulation    = 
| headquarters      = [[Toronto Police Headquarters|40 College Street]]<br />[[Toronto]], Ontario<br />M5G 2J3 {{Location|43.66154976929422|-79.3852548525375|display=inline,title}}
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| unitname          = {{collapsible list|Business & Intelligence |Aviation |Crime Scene |Emergency Task Force |Highway Patrol |Communications |Primary Report Intake, Management and Entry (PRIME) |Court Services |Fleet & Materials Management |Organized Crime Control Command |Integrated Gun & Gang Task Force |Provincial ROPE |Specialized Criminal Investigations |Organized Crime Enforcement |School Safety | |Transit Bureau |Transportation Bureau }}
| officetype        = Divisions
| officename        = {{collapsible list|11 Division|12 Division|13 Division|14 Division|22 Division|23 Division|31 Division|32 Division|33 Division|41 Division|42 Division|43 Division|51 Division|52 Division|53 Division|55 Division}}
| stationtype       = Commands
| stations          = 16 Divisions <br />12 Transit Districts<br />10 Housing Police Service Areas
| parentagency      = [[Municipal government of Toronto|City of Toronto]]
| governingbody     = [[Toronto Police Services Board]]
| constitution1     = [https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/19c01 ''Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019'' (SO 2019, c. 1, Sched. 1)]
| minister1name     = [[Michael Kerzner]]
| minister1pfo      = [[Ministry of the Solicitor General (Ontario)|Solicitor General of Ontario]]
| chief1name        = [[Myron Demkiw]]
| chief1position    = [[Chief of the Toronto Police Service|Chief of Police]]
| sworn             = 4,870
| unsworn           = 2,230
| website           = {{URL|https://www.tps.ca/}}
| vehicle1type      = Police cars
| vehicles1         = 1,687 (2015)
| boat1type         = Police boats
| boats1            = 23 (2015)
| aircraft1type     = Helicopters
| aircraft1         = 
| animal1type       = Dogs
| animals1          = 35 [[German Shepherd Dog|German Shepherds]]<br />7 [[Labrador Retriever]]s
| animal2type       = Horses
| animals2          = 26<ref>{{cite news|first1=Tanya|last1=Mok|title=This is why we still have mounted police in Toronto |url=https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/05/why-we-still-have-mounted-police-toronto/ |access-date=5 June 2020|publisher=Freshdaily Inc. |date=2 May 2019}}</ref>
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The '''Toronto Police Service''' ('''TPS''') is a [[Municipal police|municipal police force]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada, and the primary agency responsible for providing law enforcement and policing services in Toronto. Established in 1834, it was the first [[Municipal police|local police service]] created in [[North America]] and is one of the oldest police services in the [[English-speaking world]].

It is the largest municipal police service in Canada, and the fourth largest police force in Canada after the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP), [[Ontario Provincial Police]] (OPP), and the [[Sûreté du Québec]] (SQ). With a 2023 budget of $1.16 billion, the Toronto Police Service ranks as the second largest expense of the [[Municipal government of Toronto|City of Toronto's]] annual operating budget, after the [[Toronto Transit Commission]] (TTC).

==History==
===19th century===
The [[City of Glasgow Police]] (c.1800, merged to form [[Strathclyde Police]] in 1975) and London [[Metropolitan Police]] (1829) were the first modern municipal police departments, but the Toronto Police is older than the [[New York City Police Department]] (1845), and [[Boston Police Department]] (1839). It is the second-oldest continuously operating municipal police force in the world. 

The Toronto Police Service was founded in 1834 as '''Toronto Police Force''' or sometimes as '''Toronto Police Department''', when the city of Toronto was first created from the town of York. 

Before that, local able-bodied male citizens were required to report for night duty as special constables for a fixed number of nights per year on penalty of fine or imprisonment, in a system known as "watch and ward".<ref name="formidable">{{cite web |url=http://www.torontopolicehistory.org/cph3.htm |title=Toronto Police in 1834 – 1860 "Formidable Engines of Oppression"}}</ref>

In 1835, Toronto retained five full-time constables—a ratio of about one officer for every 1,850 citizens. Their daily pay was set at 5 shillings for day duty and 7 shillings, 6 pence, for night duty. 

In 1837, the constables’ annual pay was fixed at £75 per annum, a lucrative city position when compared to the mayor's annual pay of £250 at the time.<ref name="reform">{{cite web |title=HISTORY OF THE TORONTO POLICE PART 2: 1850–1859 |url=http://www.torontopolicehistory.org/cph4.htm |quote=TORONTO POLICE IN THE 1850s: The Gangs of Toronto and the Call For Reform}}</ref> 

Although constables were issued uniforms in 1837, one contemporary recalled that the Toronto Police was "without uniformity, except in one respect—they were uniformly slovenly." 

A provincial government report in 1841 described the Toronto Police as "formidable engines of oppression".<ref name="formidable" />

====1845 to 1859====<!-- [[1855 Toronto Circus Riot]] links here -->
By 1848, the Catholic population in Toronto rose to 25 percent. 

Toronto constables on numerous occasions suppressed opposition candidate meetings and took sides during bitter sectarian violence between [[Orange Institution|Orange Order]] and [[Irish Catholic]] radical factions in the city.

====Toronto Circus Riot====

On the night of Thursday, 12 July 1855, S. B. Howes' ''Star Troupe Menagerie & Circus'' clowns, and ''Hook and Ladder Firefighting Company'' volunteers patronized the bordello of Mary Ann Armstrong on King Street near Jarvis Street, a fight got started, with the firefighters retreating. 

The next day, Friday, 13 July 1855, a crowd gathered at the Fair Green, a grassy space on the waterfront where the circus had pitched their tents (now, south-east corner of Front & Berkeley), threw stones and insults, and demanded that a clown named Meyers be handed over. 

Circus wagons were burned, the fire bell was rung, yet when ''Hook and Ladder Firefighting Company'' arrived, they joined the riot. 

The militia later arrived, called in by the mayor, and defused the riot. 

After public outrage at the police's failure to prosecute, an inquiry and an election led to mass firings and selective rehirings in 1859.<ref name="formidable" /><ref name="torontoist2013clowns-police">{{cite web |last1=Metzger |first1=Patrick |title=How a Fight With Clowns Led to the Birth of Modern Policing in Toronto |url=https://torontoist.com/2013/09/how-a-fight-with-clowns-led-to-the-birth-of-modern-policing-in-toronto/ |website=Torontoist |access-date=31 January 2021 |date=12 September 2013 |quote=A regular drunken cathouse brawl might have ended there, but the boys of the Hook and Ladder were staunch members of the Orange Order, as were most firemen, police, and members of the Toronto political elite.}}</ref><ref name="spacing--toronto-circus-riot-1855">{{cite web |last1=Bunch |first1=Adam |title=The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 — the day the clowns picked the wrong Toronto brothel |url=https://spacing.ca/toronto/2012/10/02/the-toronto-circus-riot-of-1855-the-day-the-clowns-picked-the-wrong-toronto-brothel/ |website=Spacing Toronto |access-date=31 January 2021 |date=2 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=David |first1=Emilia |title=The Truth Behind The Toronto Clown Riot Of 1855 |url=https://www.grunge.com/216012/the-truth-behind-the-toronto-clown-riot-of-1855/ |website=Grunge.com |access-date=31 January 2021 |date=8 June 2020 |quote=An angry crowd began pelting the tents with rocks and setting fire to wagons. The performers all ran away for their safety. It was a full-on riot. The mayor and chief of police arrived, but their presence did nothing to quell the violence. Everyone finally left when the mayor called in the militia.}}</ref><ref>[https://newplayexchange.org/users/576/kyle-j-mccloskey 'The Great Toronto Clown Riot of 1855' (comedy by Kyle J. McCloskey)]</ref><!-- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/8/20/1870769/-Hidden-History-The-Toronto-Circus-Riot --><ref>{{cite web |last1=Young |first1=Jessica |title=Opinion {{!}} Circus riot led to birth of modern policing in Toronto |url=https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/8701800-circus-riot-led-to-birth-of-modern-policing-in-toronto/ |website=Toronto.com |access-date=31 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131204540/https://www.toronto.com/opinion-story/8701800-circus-riot-led-to-birth-of-modern-policing-in-toronto/ |archive-date=31 January 2021 |date=2018-07-05 |quote='This Month in Toronto's History'  appears on the first Thursday of each month and is produced by Heritage Toronto, a charity ...  heritagetoronto.org}}</ref>

====1859 to 1900====
The new force was removed from Toronto City Council jurisdiction (except for the setting of the annual budget and manpower levels) and placed under the control of a provincially mandated board of police commissioners. Under its new chief, former infantry captain William Stratton Prince, standardized training, hiring practices, and new strict rules of discipline and professional conduct were introduced. Today's Toronto Police Service directly traces its ethos, constitutional lineage, and Police Commission regulatory structure to the 1859 reforms.<ref name="reform"/><ref>{{cite web |title=HISTORY OF THE TORONTO POLICE PART 3: 1859 – 1875 |url=http://www.torontopolicehistory.org/cph5.htm |website=www.torontopolicehistory.org/ |quote=TORONTO POLICE IN 1859 -1875    The Militarization of the Constables}}</ref>

In the 19th century, the Toronto Police mostly focused on the suppression of rebellion in the city—particularly during the [[Fenian]] threats of 1860 to 1870. The Toronto Police were probably Canada's first security intelligence agency when they established a network of spies and informants throughout [[Province of Canada|Canada West]] in 1864 to combat [[United States Army|US Army]] recruiting agents attempting to induce [[British Army]] soldiers stationed in Canada for deserting to serve in the [[Union Army]] in the [[U.S. Civil War|Civil War]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} The Toronto Police operatives later turned to spy on the activities of the Fenians and filed reports to the [[Chief Constable]] from as far as [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[Detroit]], [[Chicago]] and [[New York City]]. When in December 1864, the Canada West secret frontier police was established under [[Stipendiary Magistrate]] Gilbert McMicken, some of the Toronto Police agents were reassigned to this new agency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torontopolicehistory.org/crime/cph5a.htm |title=Military-Intelligence Functions of the Toronto Police During the U.S. Civil War Era and the Fenian Threat |access-date=2012-05-02 |archive-date=26 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234906/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1863, Toronto police officers were also used as "Indian fighters" during the Manitoulin Island Incident, when some fifty natives armed with knives forced the fishery inspector William Gibbard and a fishery operation to withdraw from unceded tribal lands on Lake Huron. Thirteen armed Toronto police officers, along with constables from Barrie, were dispatched to Manitoulin Island to assist the government in retaking the fishery operation but were forced back when the natives advanced now armed with rifles. The police withdrew but were later reinforced and eventually arrested the entire band, but not before William Gibbard was killed by unknown parties.<ref>{{cite book |last= Harring|first= Sidney L.|year= 1998|title= White Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth-Century Canadian Jurisprudence|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hDogK-SCOmYC|location= Toronto|publisher= University of Toronto Press|pages= 152{{endash}}153|isbn= 978-0-80200503-8}}</ref>
[[File:TorontoPolice19thCentury.jpg|thumb|left|Constables of the Toronto Police Department, 1883]]
In the 1870s, as the Fenian threat began to gradually wane and the Victorian moral reform movement gained momentum, Toronto police primarily functioned in the role of "urban missionaries" whose function it was to regulate unruly and immoral behavior among the "lower classes". They were almost entirely focused on arresting drunks, prostitutes, disorderlies, and violators of Toronto's ultra-strict Sunday "[[Lord's Day Act (Canada)|blue law]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontopolicehistory.org/crime/cph6.htm |title=History of the Toronto Police Part 4: 1875 – 1920 |access-date=2012-05-02}}</ref>

In the days before public social services, the force functioned as a social services mega-agency. Before the creation of the Toronto Humane Society in 1887 and the Children's Aid Society in 1891, the police oversaw animal and child welfare, including the enforcement of child support payments. They operated the city's ambulance service and acted as the board of health. Police stations at the time were designed with space for the housing of [[homeless]], as no other public agency in Toronto dealt with this problem. Shortly before the Great Depression, in 1925, the Toronto Police housed 16,500 [[homeless]] people.

The Toronto Police regulated street-level businesses: cab drivers, street vendors, corner grocers, tradesmen, rag men, junk dealers, and laundry operators. Under public order provisions, the Toronto Police was responsible for the licensing and regulation of dance halls, pool halls, theaters, and later movie houses. It was responsible for censoring the content of not only theatrical performances and movies but of all literature in the city ranging from books and magazines to posters and advertising.

The Toronto Police also suppressed [[labor movement]]s which were perceived as [[anarchism|anarchist]] threats. The establishment of the mounted unit is directly related to the four-month Toronto streetcar strike of 1886, when authorities called on the Governor General's Horse Guard Regiment to assist in suppressing the strike.

===20th century===
[[File:Toronto Railway Co. streetcar, Yonge and Adelaide streets.jpg|thumb|A constable overlooks construction for [[Toronto streetcar system|streetcar lines]] on Adelaide and [[Yonge Street]], 1911.]]
As for serious criminal investigations, the Toronto Police frequently (but not always) contracted with private investigators from the [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkerton's Detective Agency]] until the 20th century, when it developed its own internal investigation and intelligence capacity.
[[File:Toronto police planting potatoes, north of Chaplin Crescent (30116252200).jpg|thumb|Civilian duties of the police could include farm work, as where an officer plants potatoes (1914, north of Chaplin Crescent).]]
During the 1930s and 1940s, the Toronto Police under [[Chief Constable]] [[Dennis Draper|Dennis "Deny" Draper]], a retired [[Brigadier General|brigadier general]] and former [[Conservative Party of Canada (historic)|Conservative]] candidate, returned to its function as an agency to suppress political dissent. Its notorious "[[Red Squad]]" brutally dispersed demonstrations by labor unions and by unemployed and homeless people during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Suspicious of "foreigners", the police lobbied the city of Toronto to pass legislation banning public speeches in languages other than English, curtailing union organizations among Toronto's vast immigrant populations working in sweatshops.

After several scandals, including a call by Chief Draper to have reporters "shot" and his being arrested for driving drunk, the city appointed in 1948 a new police chief from its ranks for the first time in the department's history: [[John Chisholm (police chief)|John Chisholm]], a very able senior police inspector. In 1955, the Metropolitan Toronto Board of Police Commissioners was formed in preparation for the amalgamation of the 13 police forces in the municipality, [[Metropolitan Toronto]], into a unified police force with Chisholm as chief of the unified force. Unfortunately, Chisholm was not up to the politics of the Chief's office, especially in facing off with [[Fred Gardiner|Fred "Big Daddy" Gardiner]], who engineered almost single-handedly the formation of [[Metropolitan Toronto]] in the 1950s.

On January 1, 1957, the Toronto Police merged with the other municipal forces in the metropolitan area to form the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force:<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Amendment Act, 1956|abbr =S.O.|year =1956|chapter =53|section =18|link=https://archive.org/stream/statutesofprovin1956onta#page/246/mode/2up}}</ref>
[[File:East York Police and Fire Departments.jpg|thumb|An East York Police and Fire Station. In 1957, the East York Police was amalgamated with other municipal forces in the metropolitan area, forming the Metropolitan Toronto Police.]]
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!Divisions
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| Scarborough Police Department
| [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]]
| Area
| 41, 42, 43
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| Etobicoke Police Department
| [[Etobicoke]]
| Area
| 22, 23
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| North York Police Department
| [[North York]]
| Area; parts of Central
| 31, 32, 33; parts of 12, 13, 53
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| East York Police Department
| [[East York]]
| Central
| 54
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| Mimico Police Department
| [[Etobicoke]] ([[Mimico]])
| Area
| 22
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| Weston Police Department
| [[York, Toronto|York]] ([[Weston, Toronto|Weston]], Ontario)
| Area and Central
| 12, 31
|-
| Forest Hill Police Department
| [[Toronto]] ([[Forest Hill, Toronto|Forest Hill, Ontario]])
| Central
| 53
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| Town of Leaside Police Department
| [[East York]] ([[Leaside|Leaside, Ontario]])
| Central
| 53, 54
|-
| York Township Police Department
| [[York, Toronto|York]]
| Central
| 13
|-
| New Toronto Police Department
| [[Etobicoke]] ([[New Toronto|New Toronto, Ontario]])
| Area
| 22
|-
| Swansea Police Department
| [[Toronto]] ([[Swansea, Toronto|Swansea]], Ontario)
| Central
| 11
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| Long Branch Police Department
| [[Etobicoke]] ([[Long Branch, Toronto|Long Branch]], Ontario)
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With amalgamation, the force grew in size and complexity, and Chisholm found himself unable to manage the huge agency and its Byzantine politics. In 1958, after several conflicts with Gardiner and members of the newly expanded [[Toronto Police Services Board|Metropolitan Toronto Board of Police Commissioners]], Chief Chisholm drove to High Park on the city's west end, parked his car, and committed suicide with his service revolver. Former staff superintendent [[Jack Webster (Toronto police officer)|Jack Webster]], one of the officers who arrived at the scene of the chief's death and who would, upon his retirement in the 1990s, become the force historian at the Toronto Police Museum, would later write, "Suicide is a constant partner in every police car."

In 1960, [[Lawrence "Larry" McLarty]] became the force's first black officer and paved the way for the hiring of minorities into policing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lawrence-mclarty-first-black-police-officer-1.3883673|title='He paved the road for us': First black police officer in Toronto dies at 87 – CBC News}}</ref>

In 1990, the Board of Police Commissioners was renamed as the "Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board",<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =The Police Services Act, 1990|abbr =S.O.|year =1990|chapter =10|section =138|link=https://archive.org/stream/statutesofontari1990ontauoft#page/214/mode/2up}}</ref> and, upon the creation of the amalgamated City of Toronto in 1998, it became the Toronto Police Services Board,<ref>{{Cite canlaw|short title  =The City of Toronto Act, 1997|abbr =S.O.|year =1990|chapter =2|section =10|link=http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/repealedstatutes/english/elaws_rep_statutes_97c02_e.htm#BK16}}</ref> administering the Toronto Police Service.

===21st century===
[[File:Don Valley Crash, Toronto 2015.JPG|thumb|Police and members of the [[Toronto Fire Services]] at a car accident on the [[Don Valley Parkway]]. Toronto Police works with other emergency services throughout [[Greater Toronto Area|Greater Toronto]].]] 
Today, the Toronto Police Service is responsible for overall local police service in Toronto and works with the other emergency services ([[Toronto Paramedic Services]] and [[Toronto Fire Services]]) and other police forces in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) including:
* [[Peel Regional Police]] 
* [[York Regional Police]]
* [[Halton Regional Police]]
* [[Durham Regional Police Service]]
* [[Ontario Provincial Police]]
* [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]

For most of 2005, the [[Toronto Police Association|police union]] and the [[Toronto Police Services Board]] (the civilian governing body) were involved in lengthy contract negotiations. The rank and file had been without a contract since the end of 2004 and conducted a [[work-to-rule]] campaign in the fall of 2005. The police force is an essential public service and is legally prohibited from [[Strike action|striking]]. The Toronto Police Service launched its social media strategy on July 27, 2011, and "has the most active Twitter accounts listed under a single police force in Canada"<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1080/10439463.2014.922085|title = Police presentation-A.l strategies on Twitter in Canada| journal=Policing and Society| volume=26| issue=2| pages=129–147|year = 2016|last1 = Schneider|first1 = Christopher J.|s2cid = 143672255}}</ref>

===Controversies===
{{Further|List of cases of police brutality in Canada}}
In 1988, Toronto Police were under scrutiny for the fatal shooting of [[schizophrenia|schizophrenic]] Lester Donaldson.<ref name="donaldson">[https://web.archive.org/web/19961201112613/http://www.uarr.org/justice/lester.html The Police Shooting of Lester Donaldson] UARR. Accessed on January 28, 2011.</ref> The shooting was the first of eight over the next four years, and the latest in a series of shootings since the late 1970s, in which mostly unarmed [[black Canadians]] were victims.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/03/25/james_dudley_laws_stung_and_inspired_a_generation.html James: Dudley Laws stung and inspired a generation] ''Toronto Star''. Accessed on March 4, 2016.</ref><ref>Philip Mascoll, "[https://www.thestar.com/article/169133 Sherona Hall, 59: Fighter for justice]", ''Toronto Star'', January 9, 2007, </ref> Three days after his death, the [[Black Action Defence Committee]], a group of local activists, was formed. The group made headlines when they introduced the issue of [[race (classification of humans)|race]] in the coroner's inquest into Donaldson's killing.<ref>K.K. Campbell, [http://contests.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_10.01.92/NEWS/nv1001.php "LAWS CHARGES METRO POLICE BIAS AGAINST BLACKS `WORSE THAN L.A.'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203060031/http://contests.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_10.01.92/NEWS/nv1001.php |date=2011-02-03 }} ''Eye Weekly'', October 1, 1992</ref> In 1990, Toronto police officer David Deviney was charged with manslaughter in connection with the killing and was later acquitted.<ref name=donaldson/>

In 1992, tension between Toronto Police and the city's black community reached its peak. After the fourth police killing of a young black man in as many years, a [[peaceful protest]] on [[Yonge Street]] later turned into a [[riot]].<ref>Raghu Krishnan, [http://www.thismagazine.ca/issues/2003/01/remembering.php "Remembering Anti-Racism"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204030020/http://www.thismagazine.ca/issues/2003/01/remembering.php |date=2011-02-04 }}, ''This Magazine'', January 2003.</ref> Thirty people were arrested and 37 police officers were injured in the riot. A mandatory coroner's inquest took place into the police killing of 17-year-old Jeffrey Reodica. Although accounts differ, it is generally accepted that Reodica was part of a group of [[Filipino people|Filipino]] teenagers pursuing a group of white teenagers on May 21, 2004, in [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], following altercations between the two groups. Plainclothes Toronto police officer Det .-Const. Dan Belanger and his partner Det. Allen Love was in the process of arresting Reodica when Reodica was shot three times by the officers. The teen died in hospital three days later. Belanger and Love were eventually cleared by the [[Special Investigations Unit (Ontario)|Special Investigations Unit]] (SIU) after investigating the matter and found that there were no reasonable grounds to lay any charges. According to the SIU, Reodica brandished a knife at officers. The knife was reportedly recovered at the scene.<ref name="CBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-killed-unarmed-teen-family-says-1.486166 |title=Police killed unarmed teen, family says |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=2004-08-27 |access-date=2012-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416221748/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-killed-unarmed-teen-family-says-1.486166 |archive-date=April 16, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2004, eight people were shot by Toronto Police, six of them fatally. SIU investigations deemed all case actions justified. In 2005, the police service was faced with a spike in shootings across Toronto and increased concern among residents. Police Chief William Blair and Mayor [[David Miller (mayor of Toronto)|David Miller]] asked for additional resources and asked for diligence from residents to contend with this issue. Ontario Premier [[Dalton McGuinty]] promised to work with Toronto to fight crime.

In 2007, the Toronto Police were involved in [[2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup#Chilean clash with police|an international incident]] in which their members [[pepper spray|pepper-sprayed]], [[taser]]ed, and handcuffed members of the Chilean national soccer team in an attempt to keep control of crowds after their semi-final match in the 2007 [[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]. A police spokesman explained on [[CBC Radio]] on the program ''Here and Now'' that police took action against individual members of the Chilean team when they "displayed aggressive behavior" by vandalizing a bus and arguing with fans. The actions of the police were criticized by the TV and print media in Chile,<ref>{{cite news|author=CBC Sports |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/chilean-soccer-team-involved-in-melee-with-police-1.633253 |title=Chilean soccer team involved in melee with police |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=2007-07-20 |access-date=2012-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=La Nacion.cl|trans-title=The nation|url=http://www.lanacion.cl/|access-date=2012-05-02|publisher=La Nacion.cl}}</ref> and initially also in Canada.{{Which|date=March 2012}} FIFA president [[Sepp Blatter]] later apologized to the Toronto mayor for the incident, and instigated disciplinary action against the officials and players of the Chilean team.<ref>{{cite news|author=CBC Sports |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifa-vows-action-after-u-20-brawl-1.635782 |title=FIFA vows action after U-20 brawl |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=2007-07-20 |access-date=2012-05-02}}</ref> In response to the recommendations of the coroner's inquest jury, former chief [[Bill Blair (politician)|Bill Blair]] recommended that all plainclothes police officers be issued arm bands and raid jackets bearing the word ''police'' in an effort to increase their visibility in critical situations. Unmarked cars, which were already equipped with a plug-in police light, were to be supplied with additional emergency equipment, including a siren package. The proposals were phased within three years.

In 2008, undercover officers also must wear, carry or have access to standard police use-of-force options such as pepper spray and batons.''<ref>[http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/English/pub_safety/office_coroner/verdicts_and_recs/2006%20Inquests/REODICA%20recommendations.pdf Jeffrey Michael Reodica Inquest Jury Recommendations, Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411084955/http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/English/pub_safety/office_coroner/verdicts_and_recs/2006%20Inquests/REODICA%20recommendations.pdf |date=April 11, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tpsb.ca/FS/Docs/Minutes/2007/orderby,4/page,2/ |title=Toronto Police Services Board, Minutes of the Meeting of April 26, 2007, pages 85–90 |publisher=Tpsb.ca |access-date=2012-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229143336/http://www.tpsb.ca/FS/Docs/Minutes/2007/orderby,4/page,2/ |archive-date=February 29, 2012 }}</ref>''

In 2013, 18-year-old Sammy Yatim was [[Shooting of Sammy Yatim|shot and killed by Constable James Forcillo]] on the 505 Dundas streetcar after threatening other passengers and the police with a knife. On August 19, 2013, Forcillo was charged with second-degree murder. In January 2016, Forcillo was convicted of attempted murder. In January 2016, four Toronto Police officers were arrested and charged with nine counts of obstructing justice and eight counts of perjury.<ref name="toronto_police_charged_with_obstructing_justice_and_perjury">{{cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-saunders-1.3423318 | title=4 Toronto police officers charged with perjury, obstructing justice | date=Jan 28, 2016 | agency=CBC News | access-date=28 January 2016}}</ref>

In 2020, Constable Peter Roberts was arrested and charged with obtaining sexual services for consideration from persons under 18 years of age.<ref name="TPS_Officer_Arrested_For_Sex_With_Underage_Girl">{{cite news|date=June 12, 2020|title=4 Toronto police officer charged in connection with sex trafficking investigation involving 16-year-old girl|work=[[CP24]]A|agency=CP24|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/toronto-police-officer-charged-in-connection-with-sex-trafficking-investigation-involving-16-year-old-girl-1.4981301|access-date=12 June 2020}}</ref>

==Governance==
{{See also|Toronto Police Services Board}}

===Chiefs of police===
{{Main|Chief of the Toronto Police Service}}
The [[chief of police]] is the highest-ranking officer of the Toronto Police Service. The position was known as "[[Constable|high constable]]" until 1859 and then as "[[chief constable]]" until 1957, when the Toronto Police Department was amalgamated with 12 other Toronto-area forces to form the Metropolitan Toronto Police. Most chiefs have been chosen amongst the ranks of the Toronto force and promoted or appointed from the ranks of deputy chiefs; Fantino was hired from the [[York Regional Police]], but he had been a career officer with Toronto Police prior, leaving as acting staff superintendent.

'''Toronto Police Department (1834–1956)''':

'''High constables'''  
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* [[William Higgins (high constable)|William Higgins]] 1834
* [[George Kingsmill]] 1835
* [[James Stitt (high constable)|James Stitt]] 1836
* [[George Kingsmill]] 1837–1846
* [[George Allen (high constable)|George Allen]] 1847–1852
* [[Samuel Sherwood (high constable)|Samuel Sherwood]] 1852–1859
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'''Chief constables'''
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* [[William Stratton Prince]] 1859–1873
* [[Francis Collier Draper|Frank C. Draper]] 1874–1886
* [[H. J. Grasett]] 1886–1920
* [[Samuel J. Dickson]] 1920–1928
* [[Dennis Draper]] 1928–1946
* [[John Chisholm (police chief)|John Chisholm]] 1946–1956
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'''Metropolitan Toronto Police (1957–1995), Metropolitan Toronto Police Service (1995–1998), Toronto Police Service (1998–present)'''

'''Chiefs of police''':

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* [[John Chisholm (police chief)|John Chisholm]] 1957–1958 (died 1958 from suicide)
* [[James Page Mackey]] 1958–1970 (died 2009)
* [[Harold Adamson (police chief)|Harold Adamson]] 1970–1980 (died 2001)
* [[Jack Ackroyd|Jack W. Ackroyd]] 1980–1984 (died 1992)
* [[Jack Marks (police officer)|Jack Marks]] 1984–1989 (died 2007)
* [[William J. McCormack]] 1989–1995 (died 2016)
* [[David Boothby]] 1995–2000
* [[Julian Fantino]] 2000–2005
* [[Mike Boyd (police officer)|Mike Boyd]] 2005 (interim)
* [[Bill Blair (police chief)|Bill Blair]] 2005–2015
* [[Mark Saunders (police chief)|Mark Saunders]] 2015–2020
* [[James Ramer]] 2020–2022 (interim)
* [[Myron Demkiw]] 2022–present{{col div end}}

===Funding===
[[File:Toronto police on scene.jpg|thumb|TPS cruisers arrive at a high risk incident in [[North York, ON|North York]] in 2014]]
As an agency of the City of Toronto, the annual funding level is established by a vote of the [[Toronto City Council]] in favor of the year's proposed budget. In 2023, TPS requested a budget of $1.16 billion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-16 |title=Toronto police granted $48.3M funding increase with no amendments |url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-police-granted-48-3m-funding-increase-with-no-amendments-1.6276328 |access-date=2023-11-20 |website=Toronto |language=en}}</ref>

===Oversight===
The actions of the Toronto Police are examined by the [[Special Investigations Unit (Ontario)|Special Investigations Unit]], a civilian agency responsible for investigating circumstances involving police and civilians that have resulted in a death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault. The SIU is dedicated to maintaining one law, ensuring equal justice before the law among both the police and the public. They assure that the criminal law is applied appropriately to police conduct, as determined through independent investigations, increasing public confidence in the police services. Complaints involving police conduct that do not result in a serious injury or death must be referred to the appropriate police service or another oversight agency, such as the [[Ontario Civilian Police Commission|Ontario Civilian Commission]].

==Operations==
[[File:Toronto Police Headquarters July 2012.jpg|thumb|right|[[Toronto Police Headquarters]] is located on [[College Street (Toronto)|College Street]] in [[Downtown Toronto]].]]
[[Toronto Police Headquarters]] is located at 40 [[College Street (Toronto)|College Street]], near [[Bay Street]] in [[downtown Toronto]]. The former headquarters at [[Jarvis Street]] was turned into a museum (which was subsequently relocated to the current headquarters). The present site was once home to the [[YMCA of Greater Toronto|Toronto YMCA]]. The sign over the main entrance still reads "Metropolitan Toronto Police Headquarters" and displays the emblem of [[Metropolitan Toronto]] (which was dissolved in 1998). Since 2007, the sign also displays the current emblem of the Toronto Police Service.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldsbie|first=Jonathan|date=2008-04-24|title=Lazy Avec Le "Metro"|trans-title=Lazy With The "Metro"|url=http://torontoist.com/2008/04/lazy_dans_le_me_1.php|access-date=2012-05-02|publisher=Torontoist}}</ref>

The Toronto Police Service has approximately 5,400 uniformed officers/undercover officers and 2,500 civilian employees.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} Its officers are among the best paid in Canada.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} In October 2008, the Toronto Police Service was named one of [[Greater Toronto's Top Employers]] by Mediacorp Canada Inc., which was announced by the [[Toronto Star]] newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluta.ca/top-employer-toronto-police-service|title=Reasons for Selection, 2009 Greater Toronto's Top Employers Competition}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=December 2018}}

The Toronto Police Service is divided into two field areas and 17 divisions ([[police stations]] or [[police precinct|precincts]]):

===Organizational structure===
<ref>{{cite web |title=Toronto Police Organizational Chart |url=https://www.tps.ca/organizational-chart/ |website=Toronto Police Service |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>

===Community Safety Command===

===West Field Command===
[[File:Many buildings in the historic district resembled factories or mills (27798510592).jpg|thumb|The station for 51 Division is located on 51 [[Parliament Street (Toronto)|Parliament Street]].]]
Encompasses the original city of Toronto, the former cities of York and East York, and some southern portions of the former City of North York.
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* 11 Division, 2054 Davenport Rd.
* 12 Division, 200 Trethewey Dr.
* 14 Division, 350 Dovercourt Rd. (14 Sub-Station is located at [[Exhibition Place]])
* 22 Division, 3699 Bloor St. W.
* 23 Division, 5230 Finch Ave. W.
* 31 Division, 40 Norfinch Dr.
* 51 Division, 51 Parliament St.
* 52 Division, 255 Dundas St. W.
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===East Field Command===
[[File:Toronto Police 41 Division.jpg|thumb|Located in [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], 41 Division is based at 2222 [[Eglinton Avenue|Eglinton Avenue East]].]]
Encompasses the former cities of North York, Scarborough, and Etobicoke.
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* 13 Division, 1435 Eglinton Av. W
* 32 Division, 30 Ellerslie Ave.
* 33 Division, 50 Upjohn Rd.
* 41 Division, 2222 Eglinton Ave. E.
* 42 Division, 242 Milner Ave. E.
* 43 Division, 4331 Lawrence Ave. E
* 53 Division, 75 Eglinton Ave. W.
* 55 Division, 101 Coxwell Ave.
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===Field Services===
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* Priority Operations, 40 College St.
* Toronto Police Operations Centre (TPOC), 40 College St.
* Primary Report Intake, Management and Entry Unit
* Communication Services
* Public Safety Response Team
* Community Partnerships & Engagement Unit
* Traffic Operations, 9 Hanna Ave
* Parking enforcement east, 330 Progress Ave.
* Parking enforcement west, 970 Lawrence Ave. West
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===Specialized Operations Command===

==== Detective Operations ====<!-- Other articles link here. -->
[[File:TPS Forensic Identification Services FIS 04.jpg|thumb|A van from the Toronto Police Service's Forensic Identification Services]]
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* Forensic Identification Services, 2050 Jane St.
* Homicide squad, 40 College St.
* Provincial Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (PROPE) Squad.
* Drug squad, 40 College St. replaced Toronto Police Service's Central Field Command Drug Squad from the 1990s
* Organized crime enforcement, 40 College St.
* Financial crimes unit, 40 College St.
* Hold-up squad, 40 College St.
* Intelligence services, 40 College St.
* Sex crimes unit, 40 College St.
* Integrated gun and gang task force (Replaced by the Asian crime unit, hate crimes unit).
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====Public Safety Operations====
Operational services of the Toronto Police Service include:
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* Emergency Management and Public Order (Public Safety Unit, Mounted Unit)
* Emergency task force, 300 Lesmill Rd.
* Marine, 259 Queen's Quay W.
* Mounted and police dog services, 44 Beechwood Drive 
* Court Services (Prisoner Transport Unit, various courthouses in the city)
{{col div end}}

====Emergency task force====
{{Main|Emergency Task Force (Toronto Police Service)}}
The emergency task force is the tactical unit of the Toronto Police Service. It is mandated to deal with high-risk situations like gun calls, hostage takings, barricaded persons, emotionally disturbed persons, high-risk arrests and warrant services, and protection details. The unit was created in 1965. An earlier non-SWAT riot and emergency squad emerged in 1961.<ref>[http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/publications/files/reports/1997annualreport/building.html#emergency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611111740/http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/publications/files/reports/1997annualreport/building.html#emergency|date=2011-06-11}}</ref>

Part of its role is now undertaken by the emergency task force, public safety and emergency management, and the mounted unit.

====Marine unit====
[[File:TorontoPoliceMarineUnit.jpg|thumb|left|Marine unit boat outside the unit's station at [[Harbourfront (Toronto)|Harbourfront]]]]
The Toronto Police Service is one of several police forces along [[Lake Ontario]] with a marine unit. Before the 1980s, the port area had its police force, Toronto Harbour Police/Port of Toronto Police which merged into the [[Metropolitan Police Force]]'s marine unit.<ref>{{cite news|title= Toronto Police Service Board rejects the use of private constables at island airport|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/04/25/toronto_island_airport_proposes_using_private_constables_to_guard_us_customs.html | location=Toronto | work=The Star}}</ref> The unit's has the largest jurisdictional area of any unit in the Toronto Police Service, policing over {{convert|460|sqmi|km2|order=flip}} of open water, from the [[Etobicoke Creek]] to the [[Rouge River (Ontario)|Rouge River]] in the west and east respectively, and south to the water boundaries of [[Regional Municipality of Niagara|Niagara Region]] and the [[United States]].

The Toronto Police Service has a fleet of 24<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www1.toronto.ca/City%20Of%20Toronto/Strategic%20Communications/City%20Budget/2015/PDFs/Budget%20Basics/A1500371_BudgetAtAGlance_Final.pdf|title = Toronto 2015 Budget At A Glance|access-date = 2016-02-22}}</ref> boats based either at the main station of the unit, at 259 Queens Quay West in [[Harbourfront (Toronto)|Harbourfront]]; or at one of its three substations, at [[Humber Bay]], the [[Scarborough Bluffs]], and the [[Toronto Islands]].<ref name=marine>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/marine/|title=Marine|publisher=Toronto Police Service|access-date=2 December 2019|year=2019|website=torontopolice.on.ca}}</ref>

The Toronto Police Service Marine Unit works in conjunction with other municipal and regional police units that operate marine units in Lake Ontario, including the Durham Regional Police, Halton Regional Police, [[Hamilton Police Service (Ontario)|Hamilton Police Service]], [[Niagara Regional Police Service]], and the Peel Regional Police. The Marine Unit also works in conjunction with the neighboring York Regional Police, although their marine unit is based in [[Lake Simcoe]].<ref name=marine/> In addition to municipal/regional police services, the Toronto Police Service Marine Unit also works in conjunction with the [[Canadian Forces]] Search and Rescue Unit based in [[CFB Trenton]], and the Toronto Search and Rescue volunteer service (which has ties to the [[Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary]]).

====Mounted unit====
[[File:GET RID OF THE TORONTO MOUNTED POLICE. Toronto Police Horses - On Patrol During Protest.jpg|thumb|Members of the Toronto Police Mounted Unit on patrol on [[Yonge Street]].]]
The service's [[mounted police|mounted unit]] respond to radio calls and proactively patrol, providing crowd control operations, and assisting with community relations programs. In 2022, the mounted unit had 24 horses and approximately 36 police officers, with a requested budget of $5.9 million.<ref name=torstarmount>{{cite web|website=www.thestar.com|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/01/10/should-toronto-police-have-horses-59-million-budget-shines-spotlight-on-pricey-mounted-unit.html|title=Should Toronto police have horses? $5.9 million budget shines spotlight on pricey mounted unit|publisher=Toronto Star Newspapers|last=Gillis|first=Wendy|date=21 January 2022|access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref> The unit's is based at [[Horse Palace]] at [[Exhibition Place]].<ref name=warriorpar>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewarriorsdayparade.ca/Images/Toronto%20Police%20Mounted%20Unit.pdf|title=Brief history of the Toronto Police Mounted Unit|website=www.thewarriorsdayparade.ca|access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref>

A full-time was formed by the police service in 1886 to provide a presence in outlying areas of the city where police were seldom seen prior. Initially, the mounted unit's duties included rounding up stray cattle and horses, providing crowd control, providing a mounted escort for parades, and regulating street traffic.<ref name=warriorpar/>

The size of the unit fluctuated in response to local demands throughout the 20th century. The mounted unit grew in size during the 1930s in response to the social discord caused by the [[Great Depression]]. The unit underwent a similar expansion during the 1960s, with the unit increasing in size to 60 horses in response to a rise in public demonstrations. Following the end of the Vietnam War, the unit was gradually reduced to its present size.<ref name=warriorpar/>

=====Horses=====
[[File:Inauguration horses visit Toronto Consulate (8380008721).jpg|thumb|Police horses Ed and Spencer at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto. Both horses were invited to take part in the [[First inauguration of Barack Obama]].]]
The unit's horses are sourced from several brokers based in the province. The unit only purchases [[Black horse|black]], [[Bay (horse)|bay]], or [[Chestnut (horse color)|chestnut]] colored horses that stand a minimum of 16 hands.

Three horses have been killed while on duty. They include Lancer, following a motor vehicle collision in 2002; Brigadier (born 1998 near [[Listowel, Ontario]]) after an intentional motor vehicle collision in 2006; and Royal Sun, following a torn leg ligament in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Beloved Toronto police horse dies suddenly on the job| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1284490--beloved-toronto-police-horse-dies-suddenly-on-the-job | location=Toronto | work=The Star}}</ref> During the [[First World War]], the mounted unit provided 18 horses to the [[Canadian Field Artillery]]. Only one horse from the Toronto Police Service survived the four-year conflict.<ref name=warriorpar/>

Notable police horses include Honest Ed and Spencer were invited to the [[First inauguration of Barack Obama|inauguration of US President Barack Obama]] by Michigan's Multi-Jurisdictional Mounted Police Drill Team and Color Guard.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/uselection/article/572006--toronto-police-duo-saddles-up-for-obama |title=Toronto police duo saddles up for Obama |publisher=[[Toronto Star]] |access-date=2009-01-16 | first=Gail | last=Swainson | date=January 16, 2009}}</ref> Other horses include:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Breed !! Year acquired !! Named for and notes
|-
| Elvis || Percheron || 2002 || Const. Elvis Zovic, killed in the line of duty
|-
| Kingston || Percheron || 2008 || Was won at North American Police Equestrian Championships in Kingston
|-
| Simcoe || Percheron || 2006 || John Simcoe, founder of Toronto
|-
| Dundas || Clydesdale/TB || 2006 || Thomas Dundas, a mounted officer who served in World War One
|-
| Sutherland ||  ||  || Former mounted unit commander, Edward Sutherland Johnson
|-
| Lincoln || Percheron || 1998 || Lincoln Alexander, former Lt. Governor of Ontario
|-
| Grenadier || Clydesdale || 2010 ||
|-
| Chief Blair || Percheron-Friesian || 2017 || Tradition holds that a horse be named "Chief" to honor command officers. Currently names for former Chief Bill Blair
|-
| Honest Ed || Clydesdale/TB || 2004 || Honest Ed Mirvish
|-
| Tecumseh || Percheron || 2005 || Famous First Nation's chief
|-
| Timmis || Percheron/Standardbred || 2006 || Reginald Timmis of the Royal Canadian Dragoons
|-
| Bobby || Percheron || 2006 || Const. Bobby Wright died during Unit training. 
|-
| Strathcona || Clyde/Cleveland Bay || 2008 || Lord Strathcona Cavalry
|-
| Sabre || Percheron || 1998 ||
|-
| Boot || Belgian || 1999 || Former chief David Boothby
|-
| Blue Moon || Percheron/TB ||  || Won at Police Equestrian Championships in Kentucky; only grey in the unit
|-
| Trooper || Percheron || 2007 ||
|-
| Woulfe || Belgian/TB ||  || Staff Sgt. Pat Woulfe
|-
| Dragoon || Percheron || 2006 || Royal Canadian Dragoons
|-
| Winston || Percheron ||  || Full name of Winter Sun; after Royal Winter Fair
|-
| Charger || Clydesdale || 2002 ||
|-
| Commodore || Belgian || 2006 || Brigadier, police horse killed in 2006; commodore is the naval equivalent
|-
| Dorothy ||  ||  || Dorothy Keith, unit supporter. The only mare in the unit.
|-
| Keith || Canadian/Standardbred ||  || William Lord Keith
|-
| Major || Percheron/TB || 2008 ||
|-
| Vimy Ridge || Percheron/Morgan || 2005 || Battle of Vimy Ridge in World War One
|-
| Russell ||  Clydesdale || 2016 || Sgt. Ryan Russell
|-
| William ||  Clydesdale || 2017 || Staff Inspector William Wardie
|-
| Blue Jay || Clydesdale || 2017 || Donated by Toronto Blue Jays  
|}

====Parking enforcement====
[[File:TPS PKE 18 Toronto.jpg|thumb|left|A vehicle used by members of the Toronto Police Service's parking enforcement unit]]
Parking enforcement on all roads and public property is the responsibility of the Toronto Police and works with [[Toronto Parking Authority]]. Parking enforcement officers are provincial offenses officers able to issue parking tickets under part II of the ''Provincial Offences Act''. They do not carry any use-of-force items and are unarmed, but are issued Kevlar vests for safety. They are peace officers under section 15 of the ''Police Services Act'' to enforce municipal by-laws.

Their uniform consists of a blue shirt, black cargo pants with blue stripes, a black vest, and a cap with blue stripes. Boots are similar to front-line police officers. In winter months, parking enforcement officers have a blue jacket with reflective trim. Patches on the jackets and shirts are similar to those of the Toronto Police Service but with a white background and the blue wording "parking enforcement".

Their vehicles have the same paint scheme as the older Toronto Police Service squad cars, but they are labeled with '"parking enforcement" and fleet numbers "PKE" (east) or "PKW" (west).

====Police dog services====
[[File:Police Dog at Toronto Open House 06.jpg|thumb|A police dog named Nyx with the Toronto Police Service]]
The Toronto Police Service [[police dog]] unit was created in 1989 and is deployed to search for suspects, missing persons, and other duties. The service has 17 general-purpose dogs. There are four drug enforcement dogs and one explosives detector dog. The 21 officers and dogs are assigned to this unit and are based at 44 Beechwood Drive in Toronto East York

Toronto Police dogs that have died during their service, including Keno, a firearms detector, and Luke, a general service dog; both in 2011.<ref name="metronews.ca">{{cite web|title=Toronto police mourn the passing of two dogs &#124; Metro|url=http://metronews.ca/news/133123/toronto-police-mourn-the-passing-of-two-dogs/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728060430/http://metronews.ca/news/133123/toronto-police-mourn-the-passing-of-two-dogs/|archive-date=July 28, 2014|access-date=2014-07-24|publisher=metronews.ca}}</ref>

====Community Mobilization Unit====
[[File:Toronto Police 2.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Auxiliary constable]]s of the Toronto Police Service]]
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* Auxiliary ([[auxiliary constable]]), volunteer and rover program
* Youth programs
* Empowered student partnership
* Toronto Recreational Outreach Program (TROOP)
* Public Education and Crime Eradication (PEACE) Project
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==== Traffic services ====
As [[400-series highways]] are owned by the province of Ontario, policing on 400-series highways within the city of Toronto (highways 401, 400, 427, 404) is the responsibility of the [[Ontario Provincial Police]] (though all Ontario police officers have province-wide jurisdiction).

Toronto Police Traffic Services is responsible for patrolling local roads and municipal expressways ([[Allen Road|W.R. Allen Road]], [[Don Valley Parkway]], [[Gardiner Expressway|F.G. Gardiner Expressway]]); traffic services have a "60" or "66 Division" (60xx or 66xx) designation on their cars.

==== Transit Bureau ====
The transit bureau commands 12 transit districts where TPS officers patrol the [[Toronto Transit Commission]] vehicles and property. The bureau replaced the earlier Special Constable Services (c. 1997), Transit Patrol Unit (2009–2013), and nonfare enforcement role of the [[Transit Enforcement Unit|TTC Special Constables]]. From 1987 to 1997, TTC staff enforced TTC bylaws and fare issues without a formal unit.

==== Toronto Police Pipe Band ====
{{See also|Toronto Police Pipe Band}}
The Toronto Police Pipe Band was formed in 1912. The band was originally composed of serving police officers, however, membership is open to any person.<ref>{{cite web|last=Palamarchuk|first=Andrew|date=2012-10-21|title=Toronto Police band commemorates 100 years|url=https://www.toronto.com/whatson-story/1312759-toronto-police-band-commemorates-100-years/|access-date=2020-08-04|website=Toronto.com|language=en-CA}}</ref> Today, the Toronto Police Pipe Band organization comprises two professional bands in grades 1 and 2, and 3 juvenile bands in grades 3, 4, and 5 through its affiliate Ryan Russell Memorial Pipe Band.<ref>{{cite web|date=2013-07-23|title=About Ryan Russell Memorial Pipe Band|url=https://rrmpb.wordpress.com/about-ryan-russell-memorial-pipe-band/|access-date=2020-08-04|website=Ryan Russell Memorial Pipe Band|language=en}}</ref> The bands compete in local and international pipe band competitions, and also play as representatives of the police force in community parades, and police ceremonies.

===Former departments===
====Toronto Police Lifeguard Service====
Toronto Police previously employed [[lifeguard]]s, responsible for patrolling 11 beaches and 44 kilometers of shoreline during the summer months, who were assisted by the Toronto Police Service (including the marine unit), [[Toronto Paramedic Services]] and [[Toronto Fire Services]].

In 2017 as part of a modernization initiative, the Toronto Police Lifeguard Service was transferred to the [[Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division|Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation Division]].<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=Toronto police modernization faces pushback from the front line|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/07/13/toronto-police-modernization-faces-pushback-from-the-front-line.html|date=2018-07-13|website=thestar.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref>

====Morality department====
{{Original research section|date=May 2018}}{{Undue weight section|date=May 2018}}
The morality department was formed in 1886, when then Mayor [[William Holmes Howland]] appointed ex-[[Royal Irish Constabulary]] officer David Archibald to head this special unit of the Toronto Police Service to deal specifically with "vice, sin, and crimes which heavily impacted women and children".<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Marquis|first=Greg|date=November 1992|title=The Police as a Social Service in Early Twentieth-Century Toronto|url=https://hssh.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/hssh/article/viewFile/16474/15333|journal=Histoire Sociale/Social History|volume=25|pages=335–358|via=YorkU}}</ref> Howland had just won Toronto's mayoral race that year by promising to make Toronto a beacon of morality for the world, even going so far as to give Toronto the moniker, "Toronto the Good".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/howland_william_holmes_12E.html|title=Biography – HOWLAND, WILLIAM HOLMES – Volume XII (1891–1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> The department ran through the 1930s, and was seen as a forerunner to many social assistance programs, such as the Children's Aid Society. It was set up under a social purist pretext of policing people's everyday behaviors so that Toronto might live up to Howland's moniker. Among the offenses, though not necessarily crimes, that morality officers policed were gambling, "[[blue law]]s" or "Sabbath laws", being an absentee father, drug dealing, interracial relationships, homosexuality, bootlegging and alcoholism, [[Vagrancy (people)|vagrancy]], family abuse and prostitution.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.blogto.com/city/2011/01/nostalgia_tripping_torontos_morality_police/|title=Nostalgia Tripping: Toronto's Morality Police|work=blogTO|access-date=2018-03-09|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Vice & Virtue: Policing Morality in Toronto|language=en|work=toronto public library|url=http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/trl/2017/04/vice-virtue-policing-morality.html|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref> The people in power who wrote these laws, such as Howland, and created the morality department said that they were there to protect moral and good people from the evils of the city. However, when examining the direct implementation/enforcement of these laws, and the effects they had on civilian life,  the larger purpose of the morality department was to prevent working-class people from socializing or coming together, and thereby to keep them in a generally less powerful position.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.russianbooks.org/crime/cph6.htm|title=HISTORY OF THE TORONTO POLICE PART 4: 1875 – 1920|website=www.russianbooks.org|access-date=2018-03-09}}</ref>

===== Context =====
The roots of this social purity doctrine can be traced back to the belief in the good of British colonialism, ideas still holding strong in the late 19th century in Canada, as Canada's national identity was still strongly linked to British ideals. The assumption is that bad people behave objectively badly and that these people need to be made good by a sovereign government.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Jabbar|first=Naheem|date=2012-12-01|title=Policing native pleasures: a colonial history|journal=The British Journal of Sociology|language=en|volume=63|issue=4|pages=704–729|doi=10.1111/j.1468-4446.2012.01433.x|pmid=23240839|issn=1468-4446}}</ref> This government does so by limiting the civilian population's freedoms and regulating their social interactions to ensure that people remain "moral and good", and thereby can make a new generation of "moral and good" people. Of course, everyone would fall under these practices who was not seen to be morally, or socially, good, but women and people of color were seen by the government as inherently lesser or more susceptible to temptation or sin, and so they were policed far more heavily than their white or male counterparts. The resulting system of social governing was easily abused to keep a divide between classes wide, through methods like disproportionately enforcing the laws when the accused were of lower classes, and making special exemptions for people who lived or served those who lived in the higher classes.<ref name=":3" /> And, once again, since women and people of color were seen as inherently more susceptible to temptation, they were automatically made targets of the system's efforts to socially reform people.<ref name=":3" />

===== Methods and effectiveness =====
The officers' methods often called for them to threaten fines or jail time rather than arrest all offenders, which made them popular among people as a social service. People knew that they probably would not be arrested or get the unwanted publicity that goes along with being arrested and going through the public courts. In this way, these officers became regulators of the community. Ordinary people interacted with them and thereby came to trust them. As a result, these officers had many people willing to give them information on who might be a suspected drug dealer, prostitute, gambler, or absentee father.<ref name=":0" />

===== Prostitution =====
The primary focus of the anti-prostitution laws was to make prostitution unprofitable so that women would instead pursue legitimate ways to make money. In essence, the people who put these laws in place were attempting to save women from a life of prostitution. The legitimate forms of employment were few and far between; maid, secretary, and factory worker were the only plentiful options, and each of those put women in a position where they were constantly subordinate to another.<ref name=":1" /> Prostitution had a much wider definition to the social purists of the time than it does now. For example, if a man bought a woman dinner and the woman then went home with him, that was considered prostitution. Thus, any women, and especially working-class women without social standing, who sought out men were persecuted, though not prosecuted. Seemingly innocuous behaviors, such as walking alone at night, might also get a woman arrested for prostitution.<ref name=":1" />

===== Sabbath laws =====
The Sabbath laws (alternatively known as "blue laws") were a series of laws designed to prevent people from working on the [[Sabbath]], commonly known as Sunday, to respect the [[God in Abrahamic religions|Abrahamic God]]'s day of rest. They, like most laws enforced by the morality department, disproportionately affected working-class people and favored the upper class. One of the best examples of this was the fact that taxis used by the public to get around were not allowed to work on Sundays, but private chauffeurs of the wealthy were. Beyond preventing many forms of work, they also prevented people from doing certain leisure activities that could be interpreted as work. Similar to the taxi driver–chauffeur contradiction, ball games for children in public on Sundays still allow for games of golf at private clubs. Such contradictions led people to believe that these laws were put in place to prevent working-class people from consorting with each other, to keep them separate and easy to manage.<ref name=":2" />

===== Absentee fathers =====
For most of their operating time, the majority of their work was finding absentee fathers from Canada, the U.S., and Great Britain, and then coercing them into paying maintenance payments. These maintenance payments would go towards supporting their wives and children. This reinforced a family structure where the father was a provider and the mother was unable to support herself or her family. As attitudes towards policing among the upper ranks moved away from social management and into crime and punishment in the 1920s, it came to be that the police and social activist groups alike agreed that this work was no longer a job for the police. In 1929, the newly established family court system took over the management of these payments.<ref name=":0" />

===== First women on the force=====
Morality officer was one of the first roles within the police force, not including secretary, that women were allowed to fulfill. In the early 1910s, they were brought in under the idea that they would be better suited to deal with young women who had been acting immorally and that they would themselves be a moralizing influence in the police service. Also, the existence of policewomen was an encouragement for women to come forward with assault charges against their abusive husbands. Women would trust that if they went to a police officer who was also female, then something would be more likely to get done.<ref name=":0" /> Yet, the majority of their duties included arresting and searching female suspects, and interviewing female suspects and victims. As well, rather than being on the beat in dangerous parts of town, they would be searching for people, though mostly women, acting immorally, particularly in places where men and women came together. They were never tasked with the same duties as their male counterparts, and so were seen more as social workers within the police force than actual members of the force. Through the 1920s, feminists argued that these policewomen were taken on by police for show more than to be actual policewomen, and interest from the upper ranks in policewomen faded along with their interest in social management since the upper ranks saw the two as being deeply connected. Few more women were taken on until after [[World War II]], and those that were there gained little ground for women in the police force.<ref name=":0" />

====School crossing guards====
Adult crossing guards at various intersections and crosswalks were employed and paid by the Toronto Police Service, however, as part of a modernization initiative, the crossing guard program was transferred to the City of Toronto in 2017.<ref name=":4" />

==Ranks==
The rank insignia of the Toronto Police Service is similar to that used by police services elsewhere in Canada and the United Kingdom, except that the usual "pips" are replaced by maple leaves. The St. Edward's Crown is found on the insignia of staff sergeant, all superintendent ranks and all commanding officer ranks.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Rank
! colspan="2" |Commanding officers
! colspan="4" |Senior officers
! colspan="3" |Police officers
!Officers in training
|-
!Chief of police
!Deputy chief of police
!Staff superintendent
!Superintendent
!Staff inspector
!Inspector
!Staff sergeant
!Sergeant
!Constable
!Cadet
|-
!Insignia
(slip-on)
|[[File:Toronto Police - Chief of Police.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Deputy Chief of Police.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Staff Superintendent.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Superintendent.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Staff Inspector.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Inspector.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Staff Sergeant.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Sergeant.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Constable.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Cadet.png|center|frameless|50px]]
|-
!Insignia
(shoulder board)
|[[File:Toronto Police - Chief of Police (SB).png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Deputy Chief of Police (SB).png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Staff Superintendent (SB).png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Superintendent (SB).png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Staff Inspector (SB).png|center|frameless|50px]]
|[[File:Toronto Police - Inspector (SB).png|center|frameless|50px]]
| colspan="4" |Shoulder boards not used for these ranks
|}

=== Commanding Officers ===
The Commanding Officers consist of the Chief of Police, Deputy Chiefs, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Administrative Officer. They head the command pillars of the Toronto Police Service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Toronto Police Service: Organizational Chart |url=https://www.tps.ca/organizational-chart/}}</ref>
* Chief of Police: Chief Myron Demkiw
* Specialized Operations Command: Deputy Chief Robert Johnson
* Community Safety Command: Deputy Chief Lauren Pogue
* Corporate Services Command: Acting Chief Administrative Officer Svina Dhaliwal
* Information Technology Command: Chief Information Officer Colin Stairs

=== Senior Officers ===
The day-to-day and regional operations are commanded by senior officers:
* [[Superintendent (police)#Canada|Staff Superintendent]]
* [[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent]]
* [[Inspector]]

=== Investigative Officers ===
Investigations are divided into crimes against persons and crimes against property. These investigations are conducted by:
* [[Detective Sergeant]] (equivalent to Staff Sergeant rank)
* [[Detective]] (equivalent to Sergeant rank)
* [[Detective Constable]] (equivalent to Police Constable rank)

=== Uniformed Patrol Officers ===
* [[Staff Sergeant]]
* [[Sergeant]]
* [[Police Constable]] — first class, second class, third class, fourth class (Recruit / first 6 months)

=== Cadet in training ===
* [[Cadet]]

=== Sworn Members ===
* [[Special Constable]] — District Special Constable, Court Officer, Booking Officer, Document Service Officer, Custodial Officer

'''Ranks'''
* Location Administrator
* Shift Supervisor
* Supervisor
* Officer

=== Unsworn Civilian Members ===
* Cadet in training
* Parking Enforcement Officers
* Station Duty Clerks
* Communication Operators
* Quality Control Clerks
* Inquiry Clerks
* Researchers
* Administrative Clerks

==Training==

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New and current officers of the Toronto Police Service train at the Toronto Police College in [[Etobicoke]] on Birmingham east of Islington. The initial training is three weeks, followed by 12 weeks at the [[Ontario Police College]] in [[Aylmer, Ontario]] and then nine weeks of final training at Toronto Police College. [[Charles O. Bick College]] was closed in July 2009.

==Uniform==
[[File:Torontos finest.jpg|thumb|A member of the Toronto Police bicycle unit (wearing a yellow reflective jacket) with another officer dressed in typical winter dress (center), which includes a fur trim Yukon hat.]]
Front-line officers wear dark navy blue shirts, cargo pants (with red stripe), and boots. Winter jackets are either dark navy blue jacket design–[[Eisenhower jacket|Eisenhower]] style, single-breasted front closing, two patch type breast pockets, shoulder straps, gold buttons—or yellow windbreaker style with the word POLICE in reflective silver and black at the back (generally worn by the bicycle and traffic services units). All ranks shall wear dark navy blue clip-on ties when wearing long-sleeve uniforms.

Hats can be styled after [[baseball cap]]s, [[combination cap]]s, or fur trim Yukon (similar to the [[Ushanka]]) hats for winter. Motorcycle units have white helmets. Black or reflective yellow gloves are also provided to officers with Traffic Services. Front-line officers usually wear baseball caps. Before the 1990s, female officers wore bowler caps instead of combination caps. Auxiliary officers wear combination caps with a checkered red and black band. The Mounted Unit wears black [[Canadian military fur wedge cap]] during the winter months and [[custodian helmet]] for ceremonial use.

As is the case with all Ontario law enforcement officers, uniformed officers wear name tags. They are in the style of "A. Example" where the first letter of the first name is written and the last name next to it, with a Canadian flag to the left of the name. Name tags are usually stitched on with white stitching on a black background, but they also have pin-styled with black lettering on a gold plate.

Senior officers wear white shirts and a black Eisenhower-style jacket. Auxiliary officers wear light blue shirts (long sleeve for winter and short for summer), with the badging of auxiliary on the bottom of the crest. Originally line officers also wore light blue shirts but changed to the current navy blue shirts in the Fall of 2000.

==Logo==
The Toronto Police Service logo is very similar to the old Metropolitan Toronto Police logo. It includes the following components:
* winged wheels of industry on the top part of the shield, representing transportation
* a crown commemorating the coronation year of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1953
* two books representing education or knowledge
* a [[caduceus]] (herald's staff), which is associated with Mercury, the protector of commerce
* a chevron for housing
* on either side of the shield, a sheaf with a [[White Rose of York|York Rose]], representing [[York County, Ontario]], which Toronto served as the county seat from 1834 to 1953
* a circular ribbon with the words "Toronto Police"
* a beaver representing industry and/or Canada, from the old and new [[coat of arms of Toronto]]

The shield in the Toronto Police Service logo is from the [[coat of arms]] of the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.<ref>{{cite web |title= Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto arms |url= http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=1527&ProjectElementID=5122 |website= Official website of the Governor General |access-date= 29 January 2018}}</ref> This was retained after the [[Amalgamation_of_Toronto#1998_amalgamation|amalgamation of Toronto]], despite [[Coat of Arms of Toronto|the city adopting a new coat of arms]] in 1999. The TPS logo is also similar to the emblem of the former [[Toronto District School Board#Metropolitan Toronto School Board and the Toronto District School Board|Metropolitan Toronto School Board]]. Before the formation of the Metropolitan Toronto Police, the Toronto Police Department officers wore a generic Scully badge on their caps, a common shield used by Canadian police forces in the 19th century and early 20th century. This featured a metallic maple leaf with a beaver and crown.

==Fleet==
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Police cars, known locally as ''scout cars'', are the standard equipment used by Toronto Police officers for transportation. The vehicles are equipped with a combination of a rotator and LED lightbar. The vehicles are numbered according to their division and car number. For example, 3322 represents that the vehicle is from the 33 Division, and the following 22 is the vehicle designation number.

The current design since August 2017 is partly dark grey, with white doors with black text that says "TORONTO POLICE". Briefly, the design was entirely dark grey, with white lettering. The cars were redesigned following public controversy over their low visibility and "militaristic styling".<ref>{{cite news|author=The Canadian Press|date=2017-08-21|title=Toronto police unveil new police cruisers after controversy over grey design {{!}} National Post|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/toronto-police-unveil-design-for-new-police-cruisers-after-consultations|access-date=2020-05-01|newspaper=[[National Post]]|language=en-CA}}</ref>

An earlier design sometimes still seen is a white base with red and blue markings, and stealth vehicles are grey with reflective markings. Some fleets, such as parking enforcement, special constables, and court services, still use the pre-2017 white/red/blue livery and have not been updated as of 2022. Some of the photos in this section show this former color scheme.

The previous scheme was a yellow base with blue lettering.

Other fleet numbering patterns include:
{{col div}}
* All Terrain Vehicle — ##ATVXX (## would be the Division number)
* Area Field Command Unit — AFCXX
* Bail Compliance Unit — BCUXX
* Bike Patrol Unit — ##BXX (## would be the Division number)
* Central Field Command — CFCXX
* Chief of Police — CHIEF
* Command Vehicles — COMDXX
* Court Services — CRTXX
* Courier — RMSXX
* District Special Constable – ##9X
* Duty Officer (highest ranking inspector on shift) – DUTYXX
* Emergency Task Force — ETFXX
* Explosives Disposal Unit – EDUXX
* Forensic Identification Services — FISXX
* Information Technology Services — ITSXX
* Marine Unit — MUXX
* Mounted Unit Services — MTDXX
* Parking Enforcement — PKEXX (East) / PKWXX (West)
* Police Dog Services — PDXX
* Primary Response Group — 87XX
* Public Safety Response Team (replaced TAVIS) — PSRTXX
* Public Safety Unit — PSUXX
* School Resource Officer — SROXX
* (Marine) Service Vehicle — SRVX
* Spare Vehicles — 7XX
* Supervisor Vehicles — ##SX (## would be the Division number or Unit Identifier)
* Toronto Police Tow Trucks — 8XX
* Traffic Services — 6XXX / 80XX (Stealth)
* Video Services Unit — VSUXX
* Jeffery Northrup Commemoration Vehicle – 99201<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1412339147549908992|user=TPS52Div|title=A fitting tribute for our fallen brother Detective Constable Jeff Northrup #99201 Rest Easy 💙🖤<!-- full text of the tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=6 July 2021}}</ref>
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===Motor vehicles===
The Toronto Police Service has about 500 vehicles in its fleet.<ref name="thestar.com">{{cite web|title=Why Toronto police are changing the color of their scout cars – The Star|website=[[Toronto Star]]|date=20 September 2016 |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/09/20/why-toronto-police-are-changing-the-colour-of-their-cruisers.html}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
|-
!Make/model
!Type
!Origin
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Crown Victoria]]
| (marked) General police vehicle, Traffic Services, Community Sweeper Unit
| {{CAN}}
|-
| [[Ford Police Interceptor Sedan]] ([[Ford Taurus]]) Police Interceptor 
| (marked) General police vehicle, Traffic Services, Community Sweeper Unit
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Ford Police Interceptor Utility|Ford Interceptor Utility]]
| (marked) Supervisor Truck, Traffic Services, Special Operations
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Dodge Charger (2005)#Police Package/Pursuit|Dodge Charger Pursuit]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/TrafficServices/status/1524152169196359682 Traffic received a special delivery in the form of two Toronto Police Dodge Chargers]</ref>
| (marked) General police vehicle, Traffic Services,
| {{CAN}}
|-
| [[Volkswagen]] [[Volkswagen New Beetle|New Beetle]]
| Safety Bug car
| {{MEX}}
|-
| [[Honda]] [[Honda Civic|Civic]]/[[Civic Hybrid]]
| Parking Enforcement car
| {{CAN}}/{{JPN}}
|-
| [[Chevrolet Malibu]] (2001–2005)
| Community Sweeper Unit car
| {{USA}}
|-
| Chevrolet Malibu (2006)
| Parking Enforcement Unit
| {{CAN}}
|-
| [[Smart fortwo]]
| Parking Enforcement car
| {{FRA}}
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Ford Focus (North America)|Focus]]
| Parking Enforcement car
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Harley-Davidson]] [[Harley-Davidson FLHTP|FLHTP]]
| motorcycle
| {{USA}}
|}

In August 2018, TPS acquired TTC Orion VII buses 7900–7905 for purposes such as roadblocks, mass transport, and training. These units are now numbered ES-0 through ES-5. ES stands for Events Support. The following units were painted black before being sent to TPS. In November 2018, these units were repainted in a gray and white livery similar to the LFLRV livery on TTC vehicles. The following units are maintained and stored by the TTC. They are currently stored at Birchmount Garage in Scarborough.

===Watercraft===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
|-
!Unit #
!Make
!Type
|-
| Marine Unit 1
| Hike Industry (Wheatley ON)
|Dive Platform & Command Vessel marine boat with [[Volvo Penta]] Turbo Chargd {{convert|350|hp|abbr=on}} engines and crane.
|-
| Marine Unit 3
| Tyler Nelson design built by Bristol Marine (Port Credit ON)
| 400&nbsp; hp Long Range Search and Rescue Vessel
|-
| Marine Unit 4
| Hike Industry
| patrol boat
|-
| Marine Unit MTB 5
| James J. Taylor & Sons (Toronto ON)
| c. 1941 wooden motor boat—patrol boat with 225&nbsp; hp gas engine
|-
| Marine Unit 7
| Hike Industry
| patrol boat
|-
| MTB 11
| [[Ruliff Grass Construction Co. Ltd]] (Richmond Hill ON)
| work boat, ex-Toronto Harbour Police 11 c 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/vrqs-srib/eng/vessel-registrations/details/330021 |title=Details for registered vessel MTP 11 (O.N. 330021) |publisher=Pps.tc.gc.ca |access-date=2018-05-27}}</ref>
|-
| SRV1
| Unknown
| Service vessel/patrol boat
|-
| Marine Unit 21–23
| Zodiac Hurricane
| {{convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} [[Zodiac Group|Zodiac]] [[Rigid-hulled inflatable boat]] (RIBs) with twin {{convert|300|hp}} four-stroke motors
|-
| Marine Unit 12 / 1 Husky
| Biondo Boats (La Crosse WI)
| SR-19 Husky Airboat for ice operations
|-
| Marine Unit 20
| Zodiac
| {{convert|28|ft|m|adj=on}} Zodiac with a Covered Wheelhouse, Twin Turbo-Diesel Jet Drive Engines
|-
| MU 8–9
| Bombardier Recreational Products [[Sea-Doo GTX]]-4
| personal watercraft
|-
| 
| Brunswick Corporation patrol boats
| 75&nbsp;hp engine
|-
| MU-15
| Boston Whaler patrol boat
| 75&nbsp;hp engine used by Toronto Lifeguard Service
|-
|
| Lowe Boats small metal boat
| for inland water rescue
|-
| Wahoo Marine boat
| 5m 50&nbsp;hp rescue boat<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/vrqs-srib/eng/vessel-registrations/details/C10397ON|title=Marine Medical Examiners|first=Transport Canada – Marine Safety and|last=Security|website=wwwapps.tc.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
|
| Unknown
| [[Dinghy|rowboats]] used by Toronto Police Lifeguard Service at select beaches along [[Lake Ontario]]
|-
|
| Unknown
| Paddleboards used by the Toronto Police Lifeguard Service
|-
|
| Unknown
| Kayak used by Toronto Police Lifeguard Service
|-
|
| Zodiac Military & Professional Products
| inflatable zodiac workboat with 25&nbsp;hp engine
|-
| 
| Air Rider Hovercraft International 
| air cushion rescue vehicle <ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/4/vrqs-srib/eng/vessel-registrations/details/C25167ON|title=Marine Medical Examiners|first=Transport Canada – Marine Safety and|last=Security|website=wwwapps.tc.gc.ca}}</ref>
|}

===Support vehicles===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
|-
!Make/model
!Type
!Origin
|-
| [[Chevrolet]] [[Chevrolet Express|Express]]
| van—Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Collision Reconstruction, Public Safety Unit, CBRNE Response, Forensic Identification Services
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[GMC (General Motors division)|GMC]] Savanna
| vans—Radio Services and Court Services
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[GMC (General Motors division)|GMC]] C series light truck
| Emergency Task Force
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Chevrolet Suburban]]
| SUV—Emergency Task Force, Marine Unit, Police Dog Service, Public Safety Unit, Mounted Unit, Collision Reconstruction, Forensic Identification Services
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Ford Expedition]]
| SUV—Emergency Task Force, Police Dog Services, Forensic Identification Services
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[F350]]
| pickup truck with horses trailer—Mounted Unit
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[F150]]
| Pickup Truck—Emergency Task Force, Marine Unit, Mounted Unit, Public Safety Unit
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Armet Armoured Vehicles Incorporated]]/[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Trooper—using [[F-550]] chassis
| Tactical vehicle—Emergency Task Force
| {{USA}}/{{CAN}}
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Econoline]] Van
| Explosive Disposal Unit, Forensic Identification Services, Court Services, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] F-series or [[GMC (automobile)|GMC]] Vandura trucks
| Prisoner Transportation Services Court Wagons (Retired)
| {{CAN}}
|-
| [[Freightliner Trucks]] FL mobile
| mobile command unit
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] F-series truck chassis
| tow truck
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Van
| van RIDE
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Chevrolet Astro|GMC Safari]]
| Van Parking Enforcement
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Jeep]] [[Jeep Cherokee (XJ)|Cherokee]]
| SUV – Retired
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[Northrop Grumman]] Remotec Andros MK V1A and Andros F6B
| bomb unit robots
| {{USA}}
|-
| [[General Motors Diesel Division]] T6H −5307 series
| Metro Police Auxiliary AUX1 and AUX 2 bus—ex-[[Toronto Transit Commission]] 7960
| {{CAN}}
|-
| [[Motor Coach Industries]] MCI 102A
| 2 recruitment buses
| {{CAN}}
|-
| [[Motor Coach Industries]] MCI-9
| bus
| {{CAN}}
|-
| [[Orion Bus Industries]] Orion VII Diesel
| Bus- used as roadblocks or mass transport
| {{CAN}}
|-
| Community Relations trailer—community donated
|trailer
|{{CAN}}
|}

===Bicycles===
[[File:TPS bike.jpg|thumb|Bicycle unit]]
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
|-
!Make/model
!Type
!Origin
|-
| Norco Bicycles Cross Country
| mountain bike
| {{TWN}}
|-
| Aquila Scandium
| mountain bike—Community Response Unit
|
|}

===Aircraft===
An unmarked [[Cessna 206]] H (C-FZRR) was registered with the Toronto Police Service and has been used for undisclosed surveillance work.<ref name="torontosun.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/09/toronto-police-own-surveillance-airplane|title=Toronto Police own surveillance airplane &#124; WARMINGTON &#124; Toronto & GTA &#124; News &#124; T|publisher=torontosun.com|access-date=2014-07-24|date=2013-10-10}}</ref> The plane has been alleged to have been used during the [[Timeline of Rob Ford video scandal|Rob Ford substance abuse scandal]].<ref name="torontosun.com"/> C-FZRR was sold in 2015 to Sky Photo Techniques.<ref>{{cite web|title = Canadian Civil Aircraft Register|url = http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADet.aspx?id=501808&rfr=RchSimp.aspx|date = 2013-08-28|access-date = 2016-02-22|first = Government of Canada; Transport Canada; Civil Aviation; General Aviation; Aircraft Registration and Leasing; Canadian Civil Aircraft Register; General Aviation System; Civil Aviation|last = System}}</ref> Air (helicopter) support is provided by [[York Regional Police#Workforce|York Regional Police]] through a mutual support agreement.

==Equipment==
{| class="wikitable"
!Model
!Type
!Origin
!User
|-
|[[Taser#Models|Taser 7]]
| rowspan="2"|[[Electroshock weapon|Conducted Energy Weapon]]
| rowspan="2"|{{flag|United States}}
| rowspan="2"|Standard issue<ref name="Axon">{{cite web |title=Toronto Police Service Deploys 450 TASER X2 Smart Weapons |url=https://investor.axon.com/2015-12-21-Toronto-Police-Service-Deploys-450-TASER-X2-Smart-Weapons |access-date=22 October 2022 |website=Axon Investor |publisher=Axon}}</ref><ref name="Newswire">{{cite web |title=Toronto Police Service to Expand TASER Device Program |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/toronto-police-service-to-expand-taser-device-program-860616579.html |access-date=22 October 2022 |website=Newswire.ca |publisher=Newswire}}</ref>
|-
|[[Taser#Models|Taser X2]]
|-
|[[Glock 22]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| rowspan="4" |{{flag|Austria}}
|Regular uniformed officers
|-
|[[Glock|Glock 27]]
|Detectives
|-
|[[Glock|Glock 17]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Emergency Task Force (Toronto Police Service)|Emergency Task Force]]
|-
|[[Glock|Glock 19]]
|-
|[[Heckler & Koch MP5]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Submachine gun]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|-
|[[CZ Scorpion Evo 3]]
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|In use<ref>{{Cite web |title=Special Investigations Unit -- Director's Report Details, Case Number: 21-TFI-019 |url=https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=1346 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=www.siu.on.ca}}</ref>
|-
|[[Remington 870]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Shotgun]]
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|United States}}
| rowspan="2" |Standard issue
|-
|[[Mossberg 500|Mossberg M500]] 
|-
|[[Makarov PM|Diemaco C8]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|{{flag|Canada}}
|Standard issue<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lancaster |first1=John |last2=Fowler |first2=Jennifer |date=January 19, 2016 |title=Toronto police to get military-style assault rifles |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-rifles-1.3409707 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120010226/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-police-rifles-1.3409707 |archive-date=January 20, 2016 |access-date=24 May 2023 |website=www.cbc.ca |publisher=[[CBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Glock 17|Remington 700]]
|[[Sniper rifle]]
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|United States}}
|[[Emergency Task Force (Toronto Police Service)|Emergency Task Force]]
|-
|[[Long-range acoustic device]]
|[[Loudspeaker]] 
|Marine Unit and Public Safety Unit<ref>{{cite web |title=Police Will Keep G20 Sound Cannons |url=http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/111923--police-will-keep-g20-sound-cannons |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126192742/http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/111923--police-will-keep-g20-sound-cannons |archive-date=2012-01-26 |access-date=2012-05-02 |publisher=Citytv.com}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada}}
* [[Heavy Urban Search and Rescue]]
* [[History of crime in Toronto]]
* [[Integrated Security Unit]]
* [[Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere]]
* [[TTC Special Constable Services]]
* [[Toronto Community Housing Corporation]] Community Safety Unit Special Constables
* [[Toronto Police Service Youth in Policing Initiative]]
* [[Rookie Blue]] : TV series about five recruits of 15th division of Toronto Police.

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website|https://www.tps.ca/}}
* [https://www.tpsb.ca/ Toronto Police Services Board website]

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{{Metro Toronto Government}}
{{Law enforcement agencies in Canada}}

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