Ontario Provincial Police (Municipal Detachment)

police stationMunicipal Police Services are provided by the Ontario Provincial Police – Superior East. The OPP Superior East Detachment jurisdiction extends from;

  • Highway 17 South to the Montreal River
  • East on Highway 101 to the communities of Chapleau and Foleyet
  • Highway 17 North, communities of White River, Dubreuilville and Hornepayne.

The OPP Superior East Detachment is open during regular business hours and is dispatched from the Provincial Communications Centre in North Bay after hours and weekend.

For more information, visit the OPP website or contact:

Staff Sergeant Detachment Commander
Ontario Provincial Police
40 Broadway Avenue
Wawa, ON P0S 1K0
Phone:705-856-7460

Ontario Provincial Police (Wawa Detachment)

The Wawa Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) consists of four separate work locations.

  • The administration office is located on Highway 17 in Wawa and is responsible for administering all policing responsibilities in the region.
  • Other offices are located in:
    • Hornepayne
    • White River
    • Chapleau

All offices are fully automated with Ontario Municipal and Provincial Police Automation Cooperative (OMPPAC), government e-mail and Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), which is the nation-wide police information system.

Equipment

Picture of OPP helicopter cruiser snow machineThe department is equipped with the following:

  • 12 fully marked cruisers
  • 4 marked suburbans
  • 2 unmarked cruisers
  • 22 foot and 16 foot boat
  • 6 snowmobiles
  • 4 all-terrain vehicles

As with the personnel, the equipment is posted and assigned to the various locations based on operational needs. The Wawa OPP is currently operating at its optimum level in relation to equipment and officers.

The OPP now operates from a central dispatch in North Bay, which is responsible for receiving calls and dispatching officers. Each work location is equipped with an after-hours telephone which gives the public direct access to the on-duty officers via the communications centre in North Bay. The North Bay communications centre is staffed 24 hours a day, every day, and are in constant communications with all patrol vehicles.

For more information, visit the OPP website or contact:

Staff Sergeant Detachment Commander
Ontario Provincial Police
19 Pinewood Drive
Wawa, Ontario P0S 1K0
Tel: 705-856-2233
24-hour police service: 1-888-310-1122