Police Agencies
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
The RCMP operates across Canada and provides policing services to many B.C. communities. The RCMP is an agency of the Ministry of Public Safety Canada.
To find out if the RCMP provides services in your community, please visit RCMP B.C. Locations and Associated Detachments.
For general contact information, please visit RCMP in B.C. Detachment Contact Information.
Municipal Police Forces
British Columbia has many municipal police departments, each serving a specific area. To learn more about these municipal forces and the services and programs they offer or for contact information please see Your Local Police.
Aboriginal Policing
RCMP and municipal police are committed to supporting diverse cultural communities and managing initiatives and programs for Aboriginal policing. For more information, please visit Aboriginal Policing.
Police Compliments and Complaints
To contact the municipal police or RCMP to pass on a compliment or file a complaint, please visit:
- The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner for B.C. – for the municipal police.
- The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP – for the RCMP.
- Did you have a good experience with the RCMP? Please tell us about it or enjoy these words of thanks.
More Information
The Ministry of Justice, Police Services Division oversees policing and law enforcement across B.C.
For more information about the police, please visit:
