History
Quebec has had some level of policing since 1651, but a modern force was not established until 1843 under the leadership of Robert Henry Russell. The current force was created from the merger of five separate police forces into the existing Quebec City police force in 2002.Operations
SPVQ operations consists of four stations covering 6 Boroughs: There are plans to reduce the number of stations to two: * consolidate stations serving La Cité-Limoilou, Les Rivières, Charlesbourg, Beauport and La Haute-Saint-Charles into one station out from Lebourgneuf with a smaller sub station l'édifice F.-X. Drolet de Saint-Roch serving the city centre. * Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge would maintain a dedicate station.List of directors and chiefs of police
*1843 - 1858 : Robert Henry Russell *1858 - 1866 : Jean-Baptiste Bureau *1880 - 1895 : Léon P. Vohl *1903 - 1936 : Émile Trudel *1938 - 1942 : Adolphe-Stephen Thomas dit Bigaouette (1887-1942) *1950 - 1965 : Roger Lemire *1965 : Aimé Guillemette *1965 - 1968 : Gérard Girard *1968 - 1972 : Joseph-Alphonse Matte *1973 - 1980 : Jean-Charles Vanhoutte *1980 - 1985 : Robert Vézina *1985 - 1996 : Normand Bergeron *1997 - 2001 : Alexandre Matte *2001 - 2006 : Daniel Langlais *2007 - 2011 : Serge Bélisle *2011 - 2016 : Michel Desgagné *2016 - 2021 : Robert Pigeon *2021 - : Denis TurcotteSee also
* Service de protection contre les incendies de QuébecReferences
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