University of Toronto Campus Safety
university campus police service, University of Toronto
The University of Toronto Campus Safety Special Constable Service (generally referred to as the University of Toronto Campus Safety Service or simply Campus Safety) is a special constabulary that provides police services to the three campuses of the University of Toronto. The Service was formed as the University of Toronto Police Force in 1904 and, as of 2022, serves roughly 97,000 students and 25,000 faculty and staff.
Because of the University of Toronto's de-centralized tri-campus structure, the Service is organized into three functionally separate groups (St. George, Scarborough, and Mississauga), which — despite sharing a common brand identity and some policies — are operated, managed, and trained separately.
History
The campus police force at the University of Toronto was organized in 1904, when the first police constable was hired to handle disciplinary matters on the St. George campus. The special constables were appointed and overseen by the province until 1995, when this responsibility was downloaded to the Toronto and Peel Region police services boards.
A second campus police service was organized in 1963 with the foundation of the university's Scarborough campus, followed closely by a third when the University established Erindale College in Mississauga in 1966. The Erindale College Police Force was rebranded in 1998, when the College was rebranded as University of Toronto Mississauga.
In 2003, after a rash of assaults against special constables, the St.
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