Police Officers Per 100,000 Population

The rate of police officers per 100,000 populations is often used as an indicator of the perceptions of safety in a community. Their numbers and visibility in a community affects the public’s perception of overall safety and the capacity of police officers to engage in prevention and service and to respond to police calls from the public.

Canada had the most police per capita; 195 per 100,000 population in 2007, since 1993. In May, 2007, the nation’s police forces employed 64,134 officers, a 2.7% increase from the previous year. Ontario and British Columbia accounted for nearly two-thirds of the total gain.

 
The Niagara rate of police officers per 100,000 populations in 2007 was 5% lower than its peak, time, but 2% higher than in 2006. Niagara is below the Ontario and Canadian ratio of police to population in all 3 years of 2005, 2006 and 2007.  Source: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071116/d071116a.htm

Table 20 Number of police officers per 100,000 2005, 2006, 2007.

Figure 12 Policing in Niagara, Ontario and Canada, 2007

Source: Niagara Report: Police Resources in Canada 2007: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 85-225-XIE  

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