- Service de police de la Ville de Laval
Infobox Canadian Police Service
name = Service de police de la ville de Laval
motto =
established = 1965
headquarters =Laval, Quebec
divisions =14
chief =
sworn =500
civilian =
website = [http://www.ville.laval.qc.ca/pls/wlav/wlav.page.show?p_no=84 Ville de Laval - Police communautaire]The Service de police de la ville de Laval is the municipal police force of the city of
Laval, Quebec , north of Montreal. The service consists of approximately 500 officers.Recent Deaths
The force has suffered two high-profile deaths officer in the line of duty in recent years.
Constable Valerie Gignac , 25, was shot and killed shortly after arriving on the scene of an argument inLaval-Des-Rapides onDecember 14 ,2005 . The suspect, Francois Pepin, had a history ofmental illness and owned a hunting rifle, despite the fact he was under a firearms ban. He was known to police and had been charged before the incident with stalking another female constable. He was charged with first-degree murder in accordance with Canadian law, which stipulates this as the automatic charge in response to killing a police officer, and is awaiting trial. OnMarch 2 ,2007 , the force suffered a second loss when ConstableDaniel Tessier was killed while executing a drug raid in the city of Brossard. Tessier was a 17-year veteran of the force who had joined the drug squad a few days prior to his death. His alleged killer,Basil Parasiris , was charged with first-degree murder but maintains that he was unaware it was a police raid and was acting in self defence. [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070304/laval_shooting_070305/20070305?hub=CTVNewsAt11] He was acquitted on June 13, 2008, for reason of self-defence [http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/443230] .Organization
The head of the force is Chief Jean-Pierre
Gariepy .The rank structure and current strength is:
*Chef de Police (
Chief of Police ) (1)
*Brigadier Chef Principal (Principal ChiefBrigadier ) (1)
*Brigadier Chef (Chief Brigadier) (1)There are six "postes de quartier" (community police stations) situated across the city of Laval:
* CPS/PDQ 1 - Saint-François, Saint-Vincent-de Paul and Ile Duvernay
* CPS/PDQ 2 - Pont-Viau, Duvernay, Laval-des-Rapides
* CPS/PDQ 3 - Chomedey
* CPS/PDQ 4 - Laval-West, Laval sur le lac and Sainte-Dorothée
* CPS/PDQ 5 - Sainte-Rose and Fabreville
* CPS/PDQ 6 - Vimont et Auteuilee also
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Service de police de la Ville de Montreal External links
* [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/12/14/officer-laval051214.html "Suspect surrenders after Quebec police officer slain," CBC News, December 14, 2005.]
* [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070302/police_shooting_070302/20070302?hubs=TopStories "Laval police officer shot during drug raid dies," CTV News, March 2, 2007.]
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