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The Ridge Meadows detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police provides police services to the communities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Maple Ridge currently has contracted 92 RCMP member positions (including centralized roles), enhanced with 3 Community Safety Officers (1 position dedicated to the downtown core and 2 positions working in our schools), Pitt Meadows has contracted 21 RCMP members, and the Provincial Government provides for 3 positions. The total detachment complement is 109 members.
There are 38 full-time municipal employees who provide support in clerical and administrative duties such as exhibits, guarding, customer service, records management, Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), PRIME, volunteer coordination, training and media and court liaison. As well, approximately 40 trained and supporting on-call resources provide back-up support to the regular complement of municipal employees. Ridge Meadows detachment has an active volunteer base of approximately 100 volunteers who dedicate themselves to RCMP programs such as Citizens on Patrol, Citizens Bike Patrol, Speed Watch, Block Watch, and Auxiliaries.