Barrie Police
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The Barrie Police Service provides policing services to the City of Barrie
, Ontario
, Canada
. It is made up of 218 police personnel and 94 civilians that serve a population of 134,530 in an area covering 100.71 km² (38.9 sq mi).
The Chief of Police is the highest ranking officer of the Barrie Police Service. The current chief is Mark Neelin.
, after the Kingston Police Service (1841) and the Hamilton Police Service (1833). Province of Ontario
. While under the command of former Chief of Police Wayne C. Frechette, the Barrie Police Service was plagued by endemic racism, corruption, and criminal and police misconduct including: a senior police inspector in charge of the Barrie Police Service Professional Standards Branch sending and forwarding racist 'joke' emails with the subject line "Afrocentric Math for Toronto's new black only school" to several officers and the force's street crimes unit; attempted obstruction of justice after senior Barrie Police Service officials initially failed to disclose and then subsequently refused to disclose the existence of criminal charges against one of their own constables including drug possession and trafficking, cocaine use while on duty, theft (stealing money and phone cards from an evidence bag), and obstruction of justice, to an accused citizen who himself had been arrested and charged with a drug-related offence by the convicted Barrie Police Service constable; and the case of a female citizen who, along with certain members of her family, was unlawfully assaulted and detained by members of the Barrie Police Service who forcibly broke into her home without a warrant.
Barrie
Barrie may refer to:* Barrie, city in Ontario, Canada* Barrie , Canadian federal electoral district* Barrie , provincial electoral district* Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, former Canadian electoral district...
, Ontario
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, Canada
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. It is made up of 218 police personnel and 94 civilians that serve a population of 134,530 in an area covering 100.71 km² (38.9 sq mi).
The Chief of Police is the highest ranking officer of the Barrie Police Service. The current chief is Mark Neelin.
History
The Barrie Police Service is the third oldest police force still in existence in Province of OntarioOntario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, after the Kingston Police Service (1841) and the Hamilton Police Service (1833). Province of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. While under the command of former Chief of Police Wayne C. Frechette, the Barrie Police Service was plagued by endemic racism, corruption, and criminal and police misconduct including: a senior police inspector in charge of the Barrie Police Service Professional Standards Branch sending and forwarding racist 'joke' emails with the subject line "Afrocentric Math for Toronto's new black only school" to several officers and the force's street crimes unit; attempted obstruction of justice after senior Barrie Police Service officials initially failed to disclose and then subsequently refused to disclose the existence of criminal charges against one of their own constables including drug possession and trafficking, cocaine use while on duty, theft (stealing money and phone cards from an evidence bag), and obstruction of justice, to an accused citizen who himself had been arrested and charged with a drug-related offence by the convicted Barrie Police Service constable; and the case of a female citizen who, along with certain members of her family, was unlawfully assaulted and detained by members of the Barrie Police Service who forcibly broke into her home without a warrant.