The OPP recently released its 2023 Annual Report, and in 2023 OPP hired and trained more than 500 new recruits and experienced officers, and increase of almost 40 per cent from 2022. OPP received more than 2 million calls for service, and officers were dispatched to a traffic event every four minutes. Police initiated a traffic stop every 80 seconds representing an increase of 26 per cent over 2022, but unfortunately issued more than 11,000 impaired charges. The OPP’s Criminal Investigation Branch investigated 160 major crimes including 40 homicides in 2023. The OPP also removed $15.4 million estimated street value of illicit drugs from the communities.
Ontario Provincial Police – Annual Report
Written by: C. Soares