Welcome to the Halton Regional Police Service’s redesigned and expanded website. Every effort has been made to provide our visitors with valuable and helpful information.
Together with the support of our Police Services Board, the Service continues to grow and develop to meet the changing needs of the Region of Halton.
Whether you are seeking a job opportunity within our Service, looking for the latest police news releases, wish to file a report or find out more about our community policing initiatives or specialized units, we hope you will be able to find the information you need. Our site map should be able to direct you to the information you need, or search here.
As a valued member of our community, you play a vital role in helping ensure Halton remains as safe tomorrow as it is today. Here are three ways you can help us to serve you better:
1. Report anything you see or hear that is unlawful, suspicious or endangers public safety to police. For emergencies, dial 9-1-1 and for non-emergencies, call our main switchboard at 905-825-4777.
2. Be proactive in ensuring you and your family are less likely to be victims of crime. Lock and secure your property, including your residence, vehicles, bicycles, etc. By reviewing and implementing some of our crime prevention tips, you can help us to serve you better.
3. Seeking to compliment an officer for a job well done or file a complaint? We always appreciate receiving your feedback on how we are doing.
As Chief of Police, I firmly believe everyone is entitled to live in a peaceful and safe society and to receive an effective and efficient police service. Police officers have a moral, social and legal obligation to value and respect individual and community views and to take these diverse traditions, beliefs and perspectives into account at all times.
Policing is a call to service that has been built upon a proud tradition of enduring principles and public trust that started almost two hundred years ago in Great Britain with Sir Robert Peel, the first Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police and the founder of modern policing, who wrote:
“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.”
Today, nearly two centuries later, the role of a police officer carries with it significant responsibilities of far greater complexity and importance than ever before.
At the Halton Regional Police Service, we are committed to taking Sir Robert Peel's vision of the community and police working together to ensure public safety into the next millennium.
Thank you for visiting our website. I hope you enjoy learning more about the Halton Regional Police Service as you browse through various sections.
G.W. (Gary) Crowell
Chief of Police