Greater Toronto Area District

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The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) District is staffed by more than 600 police members and about 50 civilians located at five sites in the area. As the provider of federal police services, the RCMP in Ontario mainly focuses its efforts on large-scale criminal activities and those that are a threat to Canada’s national security.

Our members work closely with partners in the Ontario Provincial Police, municipal police services and various other law enforcement agencies in the region to cooperatively target crime.

The GTA District encompasses the Municipality of Toronto, and surrounding municipalities and counties including Mississauga, the regional municipalities of Halton, Peel, Durham and York, and the counties of Muskoka, Northumberland, Peterborough, Haliburton, Victoria, Simcoe and Dufferin.

Mandate

The mandate of the GTA District is the enforcement of federal statutes and the Criminal Code. The enforcement units are focused on the RCMP priorities of disrupting organized crime and terrorist activities. They are:

• Commercial Crime Section
• Customs and Excise Section
• Immigration and Passport Section
• Drug Enforcement Section
• Federal Enforcement Section
• Criminal Intelligence Section
• Integrated Proceeds of Crime (IPOC)

Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET)
The Niagara Frontier IBET is one of 15 teams across the country and one of four in Ontario (“O” Division). These teams are multi-agency law enforcement bodies harmonizing Canadian and U.S. efforts to target cross-border criminal activity and a need to enhance border integrity.

Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET)
Strategically based in locations across the country, these teams collect, share and analyze intelligence on targets (individuals) that are a threat to national security. INSETs are made up of representatives of the RCMP, federal partners and agencies such as Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and provincial and municipal police services.

Integrated Market Enforcement Team (IMET)
The GTA District is home to three IMETs which are tasked with detecting, investigating and deterring capital markets fraud by focusing resources on the investigation and prosecution of the most serious market -related crimes. The teams are jointly managed by the RCMP, Justice Canada and partner departments and agencies, and work closely with securities regulators and other federal and provincial authorities.

Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU)
The GTA CFSEU is a joint-force operation tasked with the mandate to expose, investigate, prosecute, dismantle, and disrupt organized criminal enterprises. The Unit also works closely with other organized crime enforcement units at the national and international levels.

Protective Operations
The RCMP is federally mandated to provide reciprocal protection to over 103 consulates in the GTA area. This is accomplished through a combination of uniformed and plain clothes enforcement strategies. The VIP Security Section provides protection to Canadian senior Government officials and dignitaries as well as International Heads of State, Internationally Protected Persons and a variety of dignitaries and Royalty while visiting the GTA District.

RCMP Presence in the Region

Members posted to the GTA District participate in numerous charitable and community events and ceremonial functions across the area. From making appearances in the famous Mountie Red Serge at ceremonies such as inductions into the Toronto Hall of Fame and the Ontario Police Memorial March to volunteering to coach children’s sports teams, RCMP members play an active role in the communities they serve.