Windsor Detachment

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If you have questions or information for the RCMP, please contact us by phone or mail at:

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Windsor Detachment
6080 Riverside Drive East
Windsor, Ontario N8S 1B6

Telephone: (519) 948-5287
Fax: (519) 948-5289

The Windsor Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police employs more than 50 people. Largely known as an automotive manufacturing centre, the City of Windsor sits on the banks of the Detroit River across from Detroit, Michigan. In the heart of the city, the western end of Highway 401, one of Canada’s busiest highways, splits into the Ambassador Bridge and the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel. The two crossings see thousands of passengers and transport vehicles move between Canada and the U.S. each day, making it the busiest border crossing in North America.

The men and women of the Windsor Detachment are responsible for federal enforcement in Windsor, Essex County, Chatham-Kent and on Walpole Island.

Mandate

The mandate of Windsor 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
• Customs and Excise Section
• Immigration and Passport Section
• Drug Section
• Federal Enforcement Section
• Criminal Intelligence Section

Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET)
The Windsor 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.

RCMP Presence in the Region

The members of Windsor Detachment participate in numerous community activities and events, including Remembrance Day, the Racing Against Drugs Crime Prevention Program, attendance at Citizenship Court, First Nation Liaison and participate with Windsor Police Service in the VIP (Values, influence and peers) Program at local schools. The Detachment also promotes crime prevention through media releases and educational information sessions for citizens.In addition to serving the community as coaches and volunteers, members are also proud to support Special Olympics programs by running in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, or by helping special needs athletes compete in various sporting activities.

Services to the Community

Criminal Record Certificate (Police Certificates) - Anyone requiring a certificate for an International Visa or employment purposes may attend the nearest RCMP Office. The Windsor Detachment conducts these enquiries Monday to Friday between 8:30 am - 3:30 pm.

To obtain a certificate, proper documentation must be presented to support this request. Anyone without this documentation will be denied a certificate from this office.

The RCMP will not issue certificates for local employment purposes.

The RCMP will issue certificates on the following basis:

• visa applicants
• foreign travel
• foreign work permits
• border crossing denials

Proof of citizenship is mandatory. Two of the following pieces of identification are required, one of them must be picture I.D. and one must have a current address. All must be valid:

• driver’s licence
• birth certificate
• health card
• passport
• citizenship

Prospective truck drivers will obtain certificates providing they produce documentation from the training educator or employer stating the necessity to cross the border. Cost: $25 (cash only).

Fingerprints - Anyone requiring fingerprints to be taken for employment or any other purpose must call the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires at (519)
966-9651 to make an appointment. Their address is 3379 Walker Road, Windsor. Cost: $26.75.

Pardon Application- Anyone convicted of an offence under a federal act or regulation in Canada is eligible to apply for a pardon when the sentence has been completed and the waiting period has expired.

Sentence:

• When all fines, surcharges, costs, restitutions and compensation have been repaid in full,
• When the individual has served all their time including parole and Statutory Release,
• When the applicant has satisfied any probation order.

Under the Criminal Code of Canada and other Federal Statutes the waiting period is:

• three years for summary conviction,
• five years for indictable offences.

If you need assistance you may call 1-800-874-2652. You can obtain a guide for applying for a pardon at Windsor Detachment.