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St. Vital Police 1913-1974

The area on the east side of the Red River, south of the French settlement of St. Boniface became the Rural Municipality of St. Vital in 1880 with the first Police Officer being appointed in 1913. The area continued to grow and became a City in 1962. The St. Vital Police Department had 35 members when it amalgamated with the Winnipeg Police on October 21, 1974.

History

The District known as St. Vital became a Municipality in the year 1880, and a City in the year 1962. The Police Department was formed in 1913 with the appointment of M. LALONDE as Chief Constable.

Chief LALONDE was succeeded by the following Chief Constables:

H. E. ROSE	1916 – 1925
A. JOURDAIN	1925 – 1929
A. PATTERSON	1929 – 1949
F. DALE	1949 – 1953
R. W. ALCOCK	1953 – 1959
E. STANLEY	1959 – 1968
D. F. PARKER	1968 – 1974

In 1974, prior to the unification of all the Greater Winnipeg Police Departments, St. Vital Police Force had a strength of 35 men patrolling an area of 22 square miles and serving a population of 40,000.

St. Vital became a part of District No. 5 of the new City of Winnipeg Police Department.

Pre-Amalgamation Staff List

Chief of Police:	PARKER, D. Forbes
Inspectors:	BINNIE, W. George GIBSON, Donald
Detective Sergeant:	WHILE, A. Jack
Sergeants:	FURR, William JONES, Walter McKAY, Robert
Patrol Sergeants:	AMOS, Brian BOLTON, Ross PAGAN, William
Detectives:	BURR, Norman WEBSTER, Frank G. WILLIAMS, Harry
Constables:	BARANEISKI, Charles BARRETT, Anthony BARRETT, Clifford BARTON, Gordon M. BEACH, Dwight BYCHUK, Paul A. CAMERON, Kenneth W. CLARKE, G. Vance COCKBURN, Hugh L. CREIGHTON, Edward L. DOWHY, Wilfred P. FORTIER, Robert L. MOIR, David R. MONEY, John I. MONKMAN, Ernie PRESCOTT, J. Gary ROMANOW, Victor SIWAK, Carl S. SMARZ, Peter STEWART, Colin N. STUBB, Gregory TOUTANT, Robert L.

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The Winnipeg Police Museum is always seeking information, pictures or stories about the pre-amalgamation forces. If you have information on this department, please send an email to Sgt. Rodney Hutter.