Kitchener Detachment

Located in Southwestern Ontario, the Kitchener Detachment serves a geographical area which includes the counties of Waterloo, Wellington, Grey, Bruce, and Perth. It is located in the City of Kitchener and is easily accessible from Hwy. 401. It is comprised of 28 police officers and four public service employees.

The population base served by the Detachment is approximately 975,000, with the majority of these people living in the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, and Guelph. There are two Native Reserves in the northern part of the Detachment area – Chippewas Saugeen (population 700), and Cape Croker (population 650), both of which have their own police agency.

Serving the Kitchener region of Southwestern Ontario

Contact Us

17 Executive Place
Kitchener, Ontario
N2P 2V3

Telephone: (519) 896-3542
Fax: (519) 896-3150

The mandate of Kitchener Detachment is the enforcement of federal statutes and the Criminal Code. The enforcement units are all focused on the RCMP priorities of disrupting organized crime and terrorist activities and are divided as follows:

• Commercial Crime Section
  Active in investigations related to bankruptcy, counterfeit currency, frauds against the federal government and other types of white-collar crime at the local, regional, provincial, national and international levels.
  
  
• Customs and Excise Section
  Investigates commercial smuggling enterprises including the illicit manufacture, importation, exportation and international transhipment of contraband goods, firearms, weapons and technology.
  
  
• Drug Section
  Works to identify, target, investigate, disrupt, and dismantle the international, national/regional, and local drug trafficking organizations that are having the most significant impact in Canada. The aim is to prevent the importation, production, traffic and use of illicit drugs.
  
  
• Federal Enforcement Section
  Combats organized crime through the enforcement of 270 federal statutes within four programs: Consumer Protection, Environmental Protection, Financial Loss to Government and Public Safety.
  
  
• Criminal Intelligence Section
  A key service which supports both RCMP senior management and enforcement operations in the Division. Through intelligence-led policing, the mandate of this service is to gather and share intelligence that will effectively deter, detect and disrupt organized crime, and provides strategic direction in the deployment of resources.

Partnerhips

The members of the Kitchener Detachment also work in partnership with several other policing agencies in the area, including the Waterloo Regional Police Service, Ontario Provincial Police, Guelph Police Service, Stratford Police Service, Owen Sound Police Service, Saugeen Shores Police Service, Cape Croker Police Service, Canadian Military Police, Anishinabek Police Service, Hanover Police Service and West Grey Police Service.

Community Contributions

The members of Kitchener Detachment participate in numerous community activities and events, including Remembrance Day, the Racing Against Drugs Crime Prevention Program and attending Citizenship Court. In addition, the Detachment has a First Nation liaison and makes numerous presentations to community groups and promotes crime prevention and education through media releases to alert the population. Our members are also active in community organizations in roles such as sport coaches and volunteers.