Nelson Police Department

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{{Infobox law enforcement agency

| agencyname = Nelson Police Department

| logo = NelsonPD.jpg

| logocaption = Heraldic badge of Nelson PD

| abbreviation = NPD

| formedyear = 1897

| formedmonthday = April 17

| employees =

| budget =

| divtype = Province

| divname = British Columbia

| country = Canada

| subdivtype = City

| subdivname = Nelson

| governingbody = Nelson Police Board

| constitution1 = [http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_96367_01#part4 BC Police Act]

| police = Yes

| local = Yes

| headquarters = 606 Stanley Street

| sworn = 20

| sworntype = Police constable

| unsworn =

| unsworntype = Civilian

| minister1name = The Honourable Mike Farnworth

| minister1pfo = Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia

| minister2name = Her Worship Janice Morrison

| minister2pfo = Mayor of Nelson & Chair of the Nelson Police Board

| chief1name = Donovan Fisher

| chief1position = Chief Constable

| website = http://www.nelsonpolice.ca

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The Nelson Police Department is the police force for the City of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.

Among the oldest police services in British Columbia, the force came into being as a municipal police force on April 17, 1897. The initial force consisted of one chief constable and one constable. Over the years of its existence, the Nelson Police Department has grown from two to twenty members. Chief Constable Donovan Fisher has been the Chief Constable since 2021.{{cite news|title=Nelson welcomes new police chief|url=https://www.nelsonstar.com/news/nelson-welcomes-new-police-chief/|access-date=12 January 2021|newspaper=Nelson Star|date=n.d.}}{{cite news |title=A Brief History of Nelson Police Staffing|url=https://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/column-a-brief-history-of-nelson-police-staffing/ |agency=Nelson Star |publisher=Nelson Star}}

Nelson Police Department is one of eleven municipal police forces in British Columbia.{{cite web|title=BC Govt List of Municipal Police Forces|url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/policing-in-bc/bc-police-forces|date=3 May 2020|website=BC Provincial Government|access-date=2 May 2020}} The department is governed under the authority of the BC Police Act.{{cite web |title=BC Police Act|url=http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/96367_01 |website=BC Police Act |publisher=BC Government |access-date=2 May 2020}}