page_title: Ontario Provincial Police
section_title: Veterans' association
hierarchical_section_title: Ontario Provincial Police / Auxiliary program / Veterans' association
caption_attribution_description: English: Special license plate commemorating the OPP 100th Anniversary. These were used on some OPP vehicles from 2009 to 2011.
context_page_description: The Ontario Provincial Police is the provincial police service for the province of Ontario, Canada. In the late 1940s, policing functions were reorganized in Ontario, with the OPP given responsibility for all law enforcement in the province outside areas covered by municipal police services, together with overall authority for law enforcement on the King's Highways, enforcement of the provincial liquor laws, aiding the local police and maintaining a criminal investigation branch.
  The OPP is responsible for providing policing services over one million square kilometres of land and 174,000 km² of water to a population of 2.3 million people. As of 2020, the service employed 5,500 uniformed officers, 700 auxiliary officers, and 2,500 civilians. The vehicle fleet consists of 2,290 vehicles, 114 marine vessels, 286 snow and all-terrain vehicles, two helicopters, and two fixed-wing aircraft. Rank structure within the OPP is paramilitary or quasi-military in nature, with several "non-commissioned" ranks leading to the "officer" ranks.
context_section_description: In March 1969, a meeting took place at the Ontario Securities Commission in Toronto, Ontario, to incorporate a separate but included group of the Ontario Provincial Police Association. Membership is open to retired and currently serving members but also to civilian and auxiliary members.
caption: OPP 100th Anniversary Commemorative License Plate
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