Inter-agency Relationships
Security services at Parliament Hill and all embassies in Ottawa are handled by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), not the OPS. The RCMP generally do not play a role in municipal police operations in Ottawa, however many of their Ottawa based members have received special constable status by OPS which grants them the same Provincial enforcement powers as an OPS officer.
The Ontario Provincial Police patrols Ottawa's main provincial highways (Highway 416 and the Queensway).
The Canadian Forces deploy their own Military Police to patrol Department of National Defence property.
The OPS provides law enforcement services at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport and is also authorized to act on behalf of Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority to provide certain security services. Before the 1997 semi-privatization of Class 1 Canadian airports, these services were provided by the RCMP to Transport Canada.
In April 2007, the Ottawa Police Services Board granted special constable status to Transit Law Enforcement Officers employed by the City of Ottawa Transit Services (OC Transpo). OPS works in partnership with Transit Special Constables who provide many front-line supplemental police services in cooperation with the Ottawa Police.
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