Calgary Police Service

The Calgary Police Service was founded on February 7, 1885,{{cite book|last=Ward|first=Tom|title=Cowtown : an album of early Calgary|year=1975|publisher=City of Calgary Electric System, McClelland and Stewart West|location=Calgary|isbn=0-7712-1012-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/cowtownalbumofea0000ward/page/274 274]|url=https://archive.org/details/cowtownalbumofea0000ward/page/274|access-date=2013-06-17|url-access=registration}} and initially consisted of two constables led by Chief Jack Ingram.{{cite book|last=Shiels|first=Bob|title=Calgary : a not too solemn look at Calgary's first 100 years|year=1974|publisher=The Calgary Herald|location=Calgary|page=119|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3597026|access-date=2013-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924062951/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3597026|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}

On October 8, 1993, Constable Rick Sonnenberg was preparing a spike strip to stop a stolen vehicle when he was struck by the fleeing motorist and killed.{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7014911/calgary-constable-memorial-moved-rick-sonnenberg/|title=Calgary constable's memorial moved at the request of his family|website=Global News}} In the wake of his death and fundraising from the Sonnenberg family, the force acquired a helicopter and formed the Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety (HAWCS) unit in 1995. In 2003, a second helicopter was purchased, expanding the unit.{{cite web|url=http://www.helicoptersmagazine.com/content/view/91/63/|title=HAWCS: Calgary's Eye in the Sky|access-date=2010-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306193651/http://www.helicoptersmagazine.com/content/view/91/63/|archive-date=2012-03-06|url-status=dead}}

In 1995, the Calgary Police Commission appointed Christine Silverberg as chief of police, making her the first woman to lead a large police force in Canada.{{NoteTag|note=Lenna Bradburn led the smaller Guelph Police Service from 1994 until 2000.}}{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/on-this-day-in-1995-christine-silverberg-named-first-female-police-chief|title=On this day in 1995 - Christine Silverberg named first female police chief|website=Calgary Herald}} Silverberg served as chief until 2000, when she retired from the police service.

Shortly after Christmas in 2013, two Calgary police officers and their supervisor detained Godfred Addai after his car became stuck in a snowbank. The officers then released Addai, who was wearing light clothing, in an under-construction community three kilometres from his home, providing him with no aid or clothing despite freezing temperatures and advising police dispatchers to ignore Addai's 9-1-1 calls as he was "just a drunken fool".{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/godfred-addai-nyamekye-calgary-alberta-black-lives-matter-1.5600715|title=Six years after his violent arrest, Calgary man says he's still waiting for justice|website=CBC News}} After Addai called 9-1-1 twice, Constable Trevor Lindsay attended the scene and tased Addai before being captured by a HAWCS helicopter video camera repeatedly punching a handcuffed Addai in the head and back. Addai was charged with assaulting a peace officer, but was acquitted at trial. Cst. Lindsay was later convicted of aggravated assault for an unrelated 2015 incident when he threw a handcuffed detainee to the ground in a police station parking lot, fracturing his skull.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trevor-lindsay-aggravated-assault-haworth-trial-decision-1.5184396|title=Cop who fractured man's skull during arrest convicted of aggravated assault|website=CBC News}} Cst. Lindsay resigned from the Calgary Police Service in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-police-officer-resigns-ahead-of-disciplinary-hearings-for-allegedly-violent-arrests-1.5099830|title=Calgary police officer resigns ahead of disciplinary hearings for allegedly violent arrests|website=CTV News|date=10 September 2020 }}

In the early 2010s, in response to regional applicant shortages, the Calgary Police Service briefly accepted applications from international police officers who were not already landed immigrants, permanent residents, or citizens of Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.calgarypolice.ca/recruiting/html/international_officers.htm|title=Welcome|first=Calgary Police|last=Service|date=24 January 2013|website=www.calgarypolice.ca}} The force had ended the program by 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.calgary.ca/cps/Pages/Working-for-Calgary-Police/Police-officer-careers/Requirements.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320025838/http://www.calgary.ca/cps/Pages/Working-for-Calgary-Police/Police-officer-careers/Requirements.aspx |archive-date=2015-03-20 |title=The City of Calgary - Requirements}}

In 19 May 2019, CPS has considered relaunching its auxiliary cadet program, which was launched in 2013 and disbanded in April 2019 due to union concerns on staffing and safety.{{cite web |title=Calgary police eye auxiliary cadet program relaunch after complaints |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cadet-police-auxiliary-program-1.5154017 |website=CBC News |access-date=18 May 2024 |date=29 May 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Rumbolt |first1=Ryan |title=Police auxiliary cadet program cancelled after union raises staffing and safety concerns |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/police-auxiliary-cadet-program-canceled-after-union-raises-staffing-and-safety-concerns |website=Calgary Herald |access-date=18 May 2024 |date=24 April 2019}}

In 2019, CPS equipped all of its frontline officers with police body cameras, becoming the first major police force in Canada to do so.https://globalnews.ca/news/5766999/calgary-police-body-worn-cameras-permanent/https://globalnews.ca/news/7043597/police-use-body-cameras-canada/https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-police-eye-expanding-use-of-body-cameras

On New Year's Eve, 2020, Sgt. Andrew Harnett, who had been employed by the Calgary Police Service for 12 years, stopped a car after noticing the vehicle's licence plate didn't match its registration.{{cite web|url=https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/man-pleads-guilty-to-manslaughter-in-death-of-police-officer-from-hagersville-1.5700028|title=Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of police officer from Hagersville|website=CTV News|date=9 December 2021 }} As Harnett and two other officers who had responded to the traffic stop prepared to arrest the vehicle's passenger on an outstanding warrant, the driver fled the scene with Harnett holding onto the driver's side door.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-andrew-harnett-murder-trial-fellow-officers-testify-1.6337070|title='Hold tight, we're here': Calgary officer who tried to save Sgt. Andrew Harnett testifies at murder trial|website=CBC News}} Harnett was dragged 427 metres before falling off of the vehicle and being struck by oncoming traffic. Despite efforts in saving Harnett, he died just over an hour later.

Since its formation in 1885, twelve Calgary Police officers have been killed in the line of duty.{{cite web|url=http://www.calgarypolice.ca/about/fallen_officers.html|title=Welcome|first=Calgary Police|last=Service|date=24 January 2013|website=www.calgarypolice.ca}}

• 1917 – Constable Arthur Duncan (gunfire)
• 1933 – Inspector Joe Carruthers (gunfire)
• 1941 – Constable Wilf Cox (motorcycle collision)
• 1957 – Constable Ken Delmage (motorcycle collision)
• 1974 – Detective Boyd Davidson (gunfire)
• 1976 – Staff Sgt. Keith Harrison (gunfire)
• 1977 – Constable Bill Shelever (gunfire)
• 1992 – Constable Rob Vanderwiel (gunfire)
• 1993 – Constable Rick Sonnenberg (hit while attempting to stop stolen vehicle)
• 2000 – Constable John Petropoulos (injuries sustained in fall)
• 2001 – Constable Darren Beatty (injuries sustained during training exercise)
• 2020 - Sergeant Andrew Harnett (succumbed to injuries dealt to him while performing traffic stop)

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The CPS is divided into the following sections:

• Administration
• Chief Crowfoot Learning Centre
• Community and youth services
• Community liaison
• Criminal operations
• Finance
• Fleet and facilities
• Human resources
• Information communication technology section
• Investigation support
• Major crimes
• Operations audit
• Organized crime control
• Professional standards
• Real time operations centre (RTOC)
• Support
• Traffic services

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Most vehicles used by the Calgary Police Service are imported from the United States and use the black and white colour scheme common of police vehicles in the United States, due to the increased recognition of this color scheme as used by police.

Vehicles currently in use include:

• Ford Police Interceptor Sedan
• Ford Police Interceptor Utility
• Ford F-150
• Ford Transit
• Chevrolet Tahoe
• Chevrolet Express (Tactical unit & Marked Transport/Utility van)
• Ford Super Duty (Tactical unit only)
• Cambli Thunder 2 (Tatical unit only)
• Armet Balkan MK7 (Tactical unit only)
• Freightliner M2 106 Mobile Communications Unit
• Suzuki V-Strom 1000{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgary-police-augmenting-motorcycle-fleet-with-sportier-models|title=Calgary police augmenting motorcycle fleet with sportier models | Calgary Herald|date=May 6, 2017|access-date=Nov 26, 2019}}
• Harley-Davidson FLHTP{{cite web |url=http://www.harley-davidson.com/content/dam/h-d/documents/motorcycles/police-firerescue-shrine/Specifications-2015-FLHTP-H-D-Electra-Glide-Police.pdf |title=2015 Harley-Davidson® FLHTP Electra Glide® Police |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191729/https://www.harley-davidson.com/content/dam/h-d/documents/motorcycles/police-firerescue-shrine/Specifications-2015-FLHTP-H-D-Electra-Glide-Police.pdf}}
• Airbus H125 – HAWCS (Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety) units HAWC1 and HAWC2{{cite web|url=http://www.calgary.ca/cps/Pages/Specialty-teams/Helicopter-Air-Watch-for-Community-Safety-HAWCS.aspx|title=Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety HAWCS|first=Calgary Police|last=Service|date=24 January 2013|website=www.calgary.ca}}

• Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams
• Integrated Security Unit
• Law enforcement in Canada

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• {{cite journal |last1=Bright |first1=David |title=Technology and Law Enforcement: The Transformation of the Calgary Police Force, 1900-1940 |journal=Urban History Review |date=January 2005 |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=30–44 |doi=10.7202/1016383ar |issn=1918-5138|doi-access=free }}

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• [http://www.calgarypolice.ca/ Calgary Police Service]
• [http://www.calgarypolice.ca/news/pdf/2008-06-25-report%20to%20the%20community.pdf CPS Annual Report 2007]

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