Ontario Provincial Police Headquarters, 2004

Ontario Provincial Police Headquarters (Lincoln M. Alexander Building) is the main administration office for the

Ontario Provincial Police The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is the provincial police service of Ontario, Canada. Under its provincial mandate, the OPP patrols provincial highways and waterways, protects provincial government buildings and officials, patrols unincorp ...

. The building is located at 777 Memorial Avenue in

Orillia Orillia is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is in Simcoe County between Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Although it is geographically located within Simcoe County, the city is a single-tier municipality. It is part of the Huronia region of ...

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. It was completed in 1995 and is the first building constructed specifically to house the OPP headquarters.

Ontario Provincial Police Museum

The building has a small gift shop and museum on the ground floor which are open to the public, but all other sections are off limits. The museum displays vehicles, uniforms and other artifacts relating to the OPP since 1909.

Historical headquarters buildings from 1922 to 1995

The current building opened in 1995 and is the latest of several buildings to house the OPP headquarters. Previous locations have included: * 1922–?: Queen's Park in Toronto, 2nd floor offices * 1973–1990s: Workmen's Compensation Board Building at 90 Harbour Street in Torontohttp://thetorontoblog.com/2011/07/17/ripe-for-redevelopment-will-offices-or-condos-rise-from-the-demolition-dust-at-90-harbour-street/ * 1990s–1995: Tudhope Building in Orillia, now used by Orillia City Hall and

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Gallery of former headquarters

File:Queen's Park, Toronto.jpg, The first headquarters was located at Queen's Park in 1922 File:Old OPP HQ.JPG, OPP Headquarters in Toronto from 1973 to the early 1990s File:Orillia City Hall.jpg, Tudhope Building in Orillia

References

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