Police district (British Columbia Provincial Police)
The British Columbia Provincial Police (BCPP), the primary law enforcement agency of the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC), divides its operations at the provincial level into 33 police districts, each of which covers a particular geographic area of the province. Some police districts are coterminous with a county, larger municipality, a pair of rural counties, or combinations thereof. Each district is assigned a detachment, which typically had its headquarters and largest station in the district's most populous community. Most districts have at least one if not multiple other stations, depending on the population of the area they cover.
Most BCPP resources are divided across the many police districts and their detachments. Nevertheless, there exists the Provincial Directorate, which is not bound to a specific police district and handles the majority of law enforcement issues affecting multiple police districts or the province as a whole. Most cooperative projects with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) involve Provincial Directorate units.
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District # | Headquarters | Composition | Population |
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DI | 1500 Burnaby Lake Way, Burnaby | East Vancouver, North Burnaby | 2.35 million |
DII | 2120 Cambie St, Vancouver | Downtown Vancouver | 1.88 million |
DIII | 555 Columbia St, New Westminster | South Burnaby, New Westminster | 1.56 million |
DIV | 1525 W 70th Ave, Marpole | Uptown Vancouver, Marpole, Richmond | 1.38 million |
DV | 14200 Green Timbers Wy, Surrey | Surrey, Langley, White Rock | 1.47 million |
DVI | 11375 84 Ave, Delta | Delta, Ladner, Westham Island, Tsawwassen, Boundary Bay | 1.18 million |
DVII | 3051 St Johns St, Port Moody | Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Austin Heights, Westwood Plateau, Ioco | 1.21 million |
DVIII | 147 E 14th St, North Vancouver | Capilano County, Lonsdale County, Deep Cove, Horseshoe Bay | 1.33 million |
DIX | 2838 Justice Wy, Abbotsford | Fraser Valley County, Golden Ears County | 558,300 |