City of Terrace

RCMP

RCMP, Terrace
3205 Eby Street, Terrace, BC V8G 2X7
9-1-1 for Emergencies
Phone: 250.638.7400 (Non-Emergency Number)
Fax: 250.638.7448
Crimestoppers: 1.800.222.TIPS (8477)

Inspector Dana Hart, Officer in Charge

National RCMP website: http://www.rcmp.ca

VIEW information on City of Terrace Controlled Substance Property Remediation Bylaw No. 1953-2009

Organizational Structure

The population of Terrace and surrounding district is approximately 20,000, with our total Detachment strength at 60 personnel. This includes 45 regular members, 10 municipal employees, 5 public service employees and 2 Victim Assistance contractors. In 2007, the Detachment handled 12,918 complaints. The Detachment area extends approximately 50 km north on the Nass Road (leading to New Aiyansh), 24 km south towards Kitimat, 70 km east towards Cedarvale and 70 km west towards Prince Rupert. An Inspector is in charge of the Detachment, and under his direction the policing responsibilities fall into two main divisions - Operations and Administration. The Operations NCO and Office Manager report directly to the Detachment Inspector.

Operations NCO

A S/Sgt. is in charge of the operations of the Detachment, which consists of 4 watches each headed by Senior Investigative Supervisors (Watch Commanders) and 20 regular members. The Operations Support NCO and Forensic Identification Section (Ident) also fall under the supervision of the Operations NCO.

General Duty Police Services

Terrace has 24-hour police services. Watches work rotating 12-hour shifts, 4 days on/4 days off. Each shift is supervised by a Corporal, who is in charge of 4 Constables and the day to day activities of one Municipal Guard. The Shift Supervisor monitors the work of those members under his/her direction and provides guidance as required.

Ident Section

One Sergeant and two Corporals provide forensic identification services for 7 Detachments. They attend to crime scenes, photograph any evidence found and do forensic examinations with the hopes of locating fingerprints or other physical evidence that may relate a criminal to the scene. The Forensic Identification Section's area of responsibility includes north west to the Nass Valley, west to Polymar Creek, south to Kitimat and all Detachments east of Terrace as far as the Houston and Granisle Detachments. Detachments serviced are Kitimat, Terrace, New Aiyansh, New Hazelton, Smithers, Houston and Granisle.

Operations Support NCO

One Sergeant is directly responsible to the Operations NCO. The Operations Support NCO is responsible for the administrative functions of Terrace Detachment, fleet maintenance, new member recruit field training in addition to ongoing regular member and auxiliary training. The Sergeant is also responsible for supervising the following sections:

G.I.S./Drug Section

The Corporal in charge of this Section is assisted by three Constables. It is a support section to General Duty, becoming involved in the complex time-consuming major cases and is basically charged with day-to-day assistance matters of keeping criminal and drug activity in the community at a low level. Every effort is made to provide General Duty personnel who have an interest in plain clothes duty, with some exposure to this unit and personnel are appointed to special projects as required. All members are encouraged and expected to utilize human sources to assist in policing matters and are instructed in applicable policy by the Operations Support NCO.

Crime Prevention/Victims Services

One Constable co-ordinates the CP/VS activities for this Detachment. Activities include school liaison, talks to service clubs, work in the business and residential communities, liaising with various media, processing applicants for the Force, etc. All members are expected to be involved in community prevention/victims services activities with some duties assigned by the CP/VS coordinator. Terrace Detachment strongly advocates the concepts of "community-based policing" and all members are expected to promote these concepts, whereby the community becomes more involved and concerned with all aspects of preventive policing. Only through preventive policing and with community input can effective law enforcement be maintained. Victim Services has two full time co-ordinators who provide direct service to clients who have experienced trauma in addition to recruiting and training new volunteers.

Crime Reduction Unit

The Crime Reduction Unit is a 2-member unit directing their efforts in the downtown core of Terrace. They will conduct foot, bike and vehicle patrols focusing on prolific offenders. The goal of this Unit is to make the downtown core a safer place for the community and business owners.

First Nations Policing

One Constable coordinates the First Nations Policing for this Detachment. Activities include regular patrols on traditional lands, police representation at cultural ceremonies, criminal investigations on reserve lands and assisting other aboriginal enforcement agencies within the context of the tri-partied agreement. Both First Nations communities within the Terrace Detachment service area are a part of the Tsimshiam Nation.

Police Dog Section

One Corporal is stationed in Terrace and available to the Northwest for the training of the dog and work as required in that section. This section often gives a variety of public relations talks and demonstrations, especially to school-aged students.

Public Service Employees

The 5 Public Service employees are responsible for various operational file record keeping functions and general office duties, as well as court liaison and exhibit handling for the office. One position is allocated to North Pacific Traffic Services and another to regional GIS.

Auxiliary Policing

We presently have 8 Auxiliary Constable positions at the Terrace Detachment. They provide community service and augment our regular Force, working a minimum of 160 hours per year.

Executive Assistant/Office Manager

One municipal employee Office Manager is responsible for 5 municipal employee support staff, 4 full-time guards and varying numbers of casual guards.

Radio Technologists

Three Radio Technologists for the Northwest are stationed in Terrace, however, they are directly responsible to the supervisor who is stationed at North District in Prince George. They are responsible for installing and servicing telecommunications systems that involves flying to repeater sites and driving to detachments.

Emergency Response Team (ERT)

Terrace Detachment is the home of a well-trained, fully equipped Emergency Response Team (E.R.T.) for the Northwest. They hold practices on a regular basis, training two days per month.

North Pacific Traffic Services

Reporting to the North District Traffic Services in Prince George, one Sargeant in charge of five Constables responsible for highway patrols throughout the Northwest are located at the Detachment. Also reporting to North District Traffic in Prince George is one Constable representing North District’s Integrated Road Safety Unit (IRSU) and one Corporal representing North District’s Traffic Services Reconstructionist program. The patrol and service area includes east to New Hazelton, north to Atlin, south to Kitimat, and west to the Queen Charlotte Islands.

North District Regional General Investigative Section (GIS)

North District GIS Terrace is a three member unit composed of one Corporal and two Constables. The Corporal reports to the NCO i/c North District GIS in Prince George. Generally speaking the unit is mandated to assist outlying Detachments in the investigation of serious criminal offences that by their nature and scope are unreasonable to investigate at the Detachment level. The geographic area serviced by this unit is bordered by the Queen Charlotte Islands to the west, Houston to the east, Atlin to the north and Bella Coola to the south.