Peel Regional Police

==History==

==History==

The Peel Regional Police Service on January 1, 1974, with the creation of the [[Regional Municipality of Peel]], which saw responsibility for policing transferred from local municipalities to the new, upper-tier region. The service was formed out of the merger of the police forces of [[Brampton]] (formed in 1873), [[Mississauga]] (formed in 1944), [[Chinguacousy Township, Ontario|Chinguacousy]] (formed in 1853), [[Port Credit, Ontario|Port Credit]] (formed in 1909), and [[Streetsville, Ontario|Streetsville]] (formed in 1858) were merged into a single police service responsible for the new, expanded cities of Mississauga and Brampton.{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.peelpolice.ca/en/who-we-are/our-history.aspx |publisher=Peel Regional Police |access-date=23 May 2020}} Uniquely, the newly-formed Peel Region opted to contract the [[Ontario Provincial Police]] to provide police services in Caledon. As of 2026, it is the only regional municipality to maintain more than one police service.

The Peel Regional Police Service on January 1, 1974, with the creation of the [[Regional Municipality of Peel]], which saw responsibility for policing transferred from local municipalities to the new, upper-tier region. The service was formed out of the merger of the police forces of [[Brampton]] (formed in 1873), [[Mississauga]] (formed in 1944), [[Chinguacousy Township, Ontario|Chinguacousy]] (formed in 1853), [[Port Credit, Ontario|Port Credit]] (formed in 1909), and [[Streetsville, Ontario|Streetsville]] (formed in 1858) were merged into a single police service responsible for the new, expanded cities of Mississauga and Brampton.{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.peelpolice.ca/en/who-we-are/our-history.aspx |publisher=Peel Regional Police |access-date=23 May 2020}} Uniquely, at amalgamation the [[Caledon, Ontario|Town of Caledon]] opted to maintain the [[Ontario Provincial Police]] for the provision of police services, creating a unique reporting structure whereby the OPP reports to the Town of Caledon, which in turn reports to Peel Region and the Peel Police Service Board.{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Elizabeth |title=Caledon Policing |url=https://www.blueline.ca/caledon_policing-2919/ |access-date=19 April 2026 |publisher=Blue Line Magazine}} As of 2026, Peel Region is the only regional municipality in Ontario that maintains multiple police services.

Since the creation of this police force, six deaths have been recorded, five from traffic collisions (the latest in March 2010) and one from a stabbing in 1984.{{cite web |title=Lest We Forget Fallen Officers |date=27 June 2018 |publisher=Peel Regional Police |url=https://www.peelpolice.ca/en/who-we-are/lest-we-forget-fallen-officers.aspx |access-date=23 May 2020}}

Since amalgamation, five officers have died in the course of their duties, four from traffic collisions (the latest in March 2010) and one from a stabbing in 1984.{{cite web |title=Lest We Forget Fallen Officers |date=27 June 2018 |publisher=Peel Regional Police |url=https://www.peelpolice.ca/en/who-we-are/lest-we-forget-fallen-officers.aspx |access-date=23 May 2020}}

In 2020, the Service, the Police Services Board, and the [[Ontario Human Rights Commission]] signed a memorandum of understanding to share data and information and conduct community consultations to create a legally binding commitment towards ending discriminatory policing practices in Peel Region.{{cite web |title=Memorandum of Understanding between the Ontario Human Rights Commission and Peel Regional Police and Regional Municipality of Peel Police Services Board|date=14 October 2020|publisher=Ontario Human Rights Commission|url=https://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/memorandum-understanding-between-ontario-human-rights-commission-and-peel-regional-police-and#overlay-context=en|access-date=19 April 2026}} The memorandum, creating for a six-month renewable period, committed the Service to, among other things, developing a routine engagement strategy with racialized communities, collecting and regularly monitoring data on police interactions by race, and undertaking organizational changes to training, hiring, promotion, and operational structure in line with the Commission's best-practice guide on ''Human Rights and Policing''.

In 2024, the Peel Regional Police partnered with the Alzheimer Society of Peel to establish Project Lantern, the first programme of its kind in Canada, aimed at preventing people with Alzheimer's or dementia from going missing in Peel Region. The Service also maintains a vulnerable persons registry for residents who live in or regularly visit Peel Region and have a disorder that may cause them to wander or get lost with no way to get home.{{cite web |title=Vulnerable Persons Registry |url=https://www.peelpolice.ca/reporting-records/vulnerable-persons-registry/#WhoCanBeRegistered? |publisher=Peel Regional Police |access-date=19 April 2026}}

===2015 Queen Frederica Drive shooting===

===2015 Queen Frederica Drive shooting===