City of Guelph, ON

Guelph Police Service (GPS) is the police force for the city of Guelph, Ontario. The GPS was formed in 1827 with the founding of the city, and has grown to an authorized strength of 197 sworn officers (184 actual officers in 2007) and a civilian staff of 84 and serves a population of around 120,000. The force is governed by the Police Services Act of Ontario, under which a five-member civilian "police services board" is responsible for the Guelph police.