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The CN Police Service is a police force enforcing safety and security along the Canadian National Railway properties and rail lines in Canada and the United States, including GO Transit lines in the Greater Toronto Area. Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre-1960) Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present, is a Canadian Class...
GO Transit, officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ...
The Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada. ...
Established in 1923, there are 78 officers in Canada that operate across North America: 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Moncton, New Brunswick
- Quebec City, Quebec
- Charny, Quebec
- St Lambert, Quebec
- Limoilou, Quebec
- Montreal, Quebec
- Toronto, Ontario
- Hamilton, Ontario
- Brockville, Ontario
- Oakville, Ontario
- Oshawa, Ontario
- Brantford, Ontario
- Concord, Ontario
- Scarborough, Ontario
- Niagara Falls, Ontario
- Brampton, Ontario
- Capreol, Ontario
- Cobourg, Ontario
- Windsor, Ontario
- Sarnia, Ontario
- Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Fort Francis, Ontario
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Regina, Saskatchewan
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Calgary, Alberta
- Kamloops, British Columbia
- Surrey, British Columbia
- Vancouver, British Columbia
- Squamish, British Columbia
- Prince George, British Columbia
- Fort St John, British Columbia
CN Police Officers are also stationed in the United States: - Detroit, Michigan
- Lansing, Michigan
- Chicago, Illnois
- Memphis, Tennesse
- Jackson, Mississippi
- New Orleans, Louisana
Officers are Federally Sworn under the Canada Transportation Act and have powers as Peace officers and can make arrests in regards to offenses on or in relation to the CNR. Officers also have special provincial appointments which allow for them to extend enforcement outside the boundaries set under the Canada Transportation Act. Peace officer is a North American term for any public sector person charged to uphold the peace. ...
Their duties are to protect rail commerce and the rail infrastruction. Three main focused areas of interest are:
Traffic Enforcement and Collision investigation to reduce deaths and injuries along the rail lines and on rail properties
Criminal Investigation and Crime Prevention Related Intiatives
Public Safety and Awareness Education
Their numbers were greatly reduced during privatization of the CNR in the mid ninties when the CNR transitioned from a Crown Corporation to Private Industry and became a tax paying corporation thereby entitling CN to the provincial and municipal policing efforts already in place across the nation. This allowed for the reduction of the federal railway police service.
The CN Police Service has a proud and long standing history in the building of Canada and have had a presense in many of the communities across the nation. The Service continues to be a vital role in protecting the nations commerce and rail infrastructure to this day.
The CN Police Service today is an amalgamation of two Canadian railway police services, the CN Police and in 2005 the BC Rail Police. In the US it is an amalgamation of CN Police and three US railway police services, Illinois Central Railway Police, Grand Truck Railway Police and Wisconsin Central Railway Police.
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