Windsor Detachment

The Windsor Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police employs more than 50 people. Largely known as an automotive manufacturing center, 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 and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

Serving the Windsor Region of South Western Ontario

Contact Us

6080 Riverside Drive East
Windsor, Ontario
N8S 1B6

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

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
  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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Immigration and Passport Section
  Prevents and combats illegal migrant smuggling, illegal immigration and misuse of Canadian passports and citizenship documents in Canada.
  
  
• Integrated Border Enforcement Team (IBET)
  These teams are multi-partner law enforcement bodies harmonizing Canadian and U.S. efforts to target cross-border criminal activity and enhance border integrity.
  
  
• Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET)
  INSET includes representatives of the RCMP, federal partners and agencies as well as provincial and municipal police services. This specialized team collects, analyzes and shares intelligence in order to detect, investigate and disrupt terrorist groups or individuals who pose a threat to Canada’s national security.
  

Partnerships

Members of Windsor Detachment actively work in partnership with other law enforcement and government agencies in the area.  Some of these partners include: Ontario Provincial Police, Windsor Police Service, LaSalle Police Service, Amherstburg Police Service, Chatham-Kent Police Service, Revenue Canada, Ontario Ministry of Revenue, Industry Canada, Canadian Coast Guard, Canada Border Services Agency and American federal and municipal agencies.

The Windsor Detachment service area of the Detroit River, St-Clair Lake and Lake Erie includes the border between Canada and the United States.  This proximity means that border integrity is a major component of the duties that members are engaged in.

Community Contributions

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 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.