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Ice Hockey at the 2015 games in Fairfax, Virginia
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French team in New York on a day Hurricane Irene cancelled competition in 2011
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Border Patrol Agent Matt Phelps completes his successful attempt for a World Record bench press of 551lbs at the 2015 WPFG in Herndon, Virginia

The World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) is a biennial athletic event, open to active and retired law enforcement and fire service personnel throughout the world. The WPFG Federation is an arm of the California Police Athletic Federation (CPAF),[1] an American non-profit organization.

The Games attract approximately 10,000 entrants, slightly fewer than the Summer Olympic Games, and exceeding the third position holder, the Commonwealth Games.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In the early 2010s, the United Kingdom hosted all three events consecutively; the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, followed by the 2013 World Police and Fire Games in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and ending with Glasgow, Scotland, hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games - the first time all three events have been hosted by the same nation consecutively.

The host city of the 2015 World Police and Fire Game was Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States, with venues located around the Washington metropolitan area.[2]

In 2017, the Games were scheduled to be held in the city of Montreal, however, Montreal backed out of their hosting duties after a labour dispute between the city and its fire department. The Games were quickly rescheduled and successfully held in Los Angeles.

In 2019 the host city was Chengdu in China.

The WPFG 2021 were postponed until 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022 the host city was Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

The 2023 Games were hosted in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada.

History

The California Police Olympics were first held in 1967. The concept evolved over the years and led to the creation of the World Police & Fire Games Federation—a non-profit organization, run by the Californian Police Athletics Federation—in 1983. Two years later, in 1985, the first World Police & Fire Games were held in San Jose, California, USA, with nearly 5,000 competitors.[3]

The largest WPFG games to date was held in New York, New York, USA with over 16,000 athletes in attendance, from 59 nations.[4]

The most successful and best organised was in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2013.[5] It was described, by the President of the World Police and Fire Games Federation, Mike Graham, as "the friendliest and best Games ever".[6]

The Montreal Firefighters Association called for a boycott of the 2017 Games, which were held in their own city, in protest against forced changes to their collective agreements and pension funds by the City of Montreal and the Quebec provincial government. Labor unions representing over 100,000 firefighters and civil servants joined Montreal's firefighters in the boycott.[7][8]

Games

Edition Year City Country Results
1 1985 San Jose, California Script error: No such module "flag". [9]
2 1987 San Diego, California Script error: No such module "flag". [10]
3 1989 Vancouver Script error: No such module "flag". [11]
4 1991 Memphis, Tennessee Script error: No such module "flag". [12]
5 1993 Colorado Springs Script error: No such module "flag". [13]
6 1995 Melbourne Script error: No such module "flag". [14]
7 1997 Calgary Script error: No such module "flag". [15]
8 1999 Stockholm Script error: No such module "flag". [16]
9 2001 Indianapolis Script error: No such module "flag". [17]
10 2003 Barcelona Template:Flagicon Spain [18]
11 2005 Québec City Script error: No such module "flag". [19]
12 2007 Adelaide Script error: No such module "flag". [20]
13 2009 Vancouver Script error: No such module "flag". [21]
14 2011 New York City Script error: No such module "flag". [22]
15 2013 Belfast Script error: No such module "flag". [23]
16 2015 Fairfax County, Virginia Script error: No such module "flag". [24]
17 2017 Los Angeles Script error: No such module "flag". [25]
18 2019 Chengdu Script error: No such module "flag". [26]
19 2022 Rotterdam Script error: No such module "flag". [27]
20 2023 Winnipeg Script error: No such module "flag". TBD
21 2025 Birmingham Script error: No such module "flag". TBD
22 2027 Perth Script error: No such module "flag". TBD
23 2029 Ahmedabad Template:Country data India TBD

See also

References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  3. ↑ History of the World Police & Fire Games. 2011 World Police & Fire Games. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 2015Fairfax
  5. ↑ BBC News - In pictures: World Police and Fire Games 2013. Bbc.co.uk (2013-08-08). Retrieved 2014-04-12.
  6. ↑ BBC News - WPFG 'best and friendliest ever', says president of games. Bbc.co.uk (2013-08-10). Retrieved 2014-04-12.
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  26. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named results 2019
  27. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named results 2022
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