The Brockville Police Service provides policing services for

Brockville Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically independent of the county. It is included with Le ...

, the community of the

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region on the

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Eastern Ontario Eastern Ontario (census population 1,763,186 in 2016) (french: Est de l'Ontario) is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River. It s ...

, Canada. Known as the "City of the 1000 Islands", Brockville (population 21,854 in 2016) is located directly opposite

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on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, about half-way between

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in the east and Kingston in the west and a little over an hour from the nation's capital, Ottawa. It is the oldest police service in the province of Ontario, having been formed in 1832. Currently, the Brockville Police Service consists of over 100 members, including nine female officers and 19 civilian support members providing constant emergency response. The Brockville police have 22 vehicles, including two K9 patrols. In September 2013 the Brockville Police Service received 13 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) which were placed in each of the departments' marked patrol cruisers. This additional equipment allows the Brockville police officers to respond to

sudden cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It is a medical emergency that, without immediate medical intervention, will result in sudden cardiac death within minutes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and possib ...

s (SCAs) and provide potentially life saving assistance. The chief of police is the highest-ranking officer of the Brockville service. The position currently belongs to Scott Fraser, who was appointed December 18, 2013.

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