Operations Support Branch

The Operations Support Section is responsible for all matters relating to community policing, crime prevention programs and school liaison programs. The Branch also includes an enforcement component with the Police Dog Service, Traffic Section, and the Beat/Bike Squad.

The current services offered by the Abbotsford Police Community Policing Section are:
 

  • Identifying Child Exploitation (I.C.E.) Program
  • Junior Police Academy
  • Community Police Office
  • Abbotsford Crime Free Multi-Housing Program
  • Abbotsford Citizen's Patrol
  • Block Watch
  • Youth Squad Officers
  • Seniors Help & Awareness Council (S.H.A.C.)
  • Block Parents
  • Internet Safety Tips and Internet Fraud Tips
  • Crime Prevention
  • Other information on community services and crime prevention
  • Child Identification

Beat Team/Bike Squad

The Beat Team/Bike Squad is comprised of a sergeant and four constables. They are an enforcement focused pro-active group of police officers that target the history downtown core, Clearbrook core, and Abbotsford parks.

Traffic Unit

The Abbotsford Police Traffic Unit is headed by one Sergeant and staffed by six constables. The section’s fleet is made up of clean roof and unmarked patrol cars, as well as two Harley Davidson motorcycles. The tools of the Traffic Section include laser and conventional radar sets, Digital Datamaster C breath-testing instruments, and approved Roadside Screening Devices. The primary focus of the section is to reduce traffic collisions involving deaths and injuries through traffic enforcement activities.

In cases of fatal and serious injury collisions Abbotsford Police Department Collision Analysts attend to assist in the investigation.

Dog Squad

The Abbotsford Police Department has 4 full-time dog handlers, who are part of a unit that is integrated with surrounding RCMP detachment dog sections.  The integration provides better coverage for all agencies involved.  Police dogs provide excellent support to general policing functions and are responsible for the apprehension of many suspects.  Running from a police dog is never a good idea!

Training 

All Abbotsford Police Dog Handlers are trained at the RCMP dog training centre in Innisfail Alberta.  The dogs and handlers are validated yearly to ensure they meet strict requirements in all aspects of police dog use.
A first time handler is required to attend the training centre for at least five months until they can be validated for street level work.  They must pass three seperate validations, and training continues on a regular basis for the working life of the dog (which is around eight years).  The handlers are expected to keep their dogs in excellent working condition and must be very dedicated to the squad.

The handlers and dogs are trained for the following:
 

  • Obedience and control
  • Aggression and controll
  • Apprehension of a fleeing suspectl
  • Apprehension of a suspect under gun firel
  • Searching buildings and areas for suspects and propertyl
  • Tracking Drug searchingl

Community Police Office

Abbotsford Community Police Office is a partnership between the police and the community in sharing in the delivery of police services. The Abbotsford Community Police Office officially opened its doors in February 1996. The goals and objectives of the Community Police Office are:

  • To bridge community and police relations and to enhance community accessibility to police.
  • To reduce crime and the fear of crime in the community.
  • To potentially reduce the call load on patrol by attracting business to the Community Police Station.
  • Increase police effectiveness by addressing specific community problems and concerns through Community Police Stations.

Contact the Community Police Office

#5 - 34194 Marshall Rd
Abbotsford, BC 
V2S 5E4
(604) 864- 4814