{"id":26683,"date":"2025-06-04T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/police\/a-propos\/offre-spl\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:56:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:56:37","slug":"police-service-in-brief","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.laval.ca\/en\/police\/about-spl\/police-service-in-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"The Service de police de Laval at a glance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Service de police de Laval (SPL) team works to maintain a safe environment across the city, while adapting to the changing needs of the Laval community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The five action priorities of the SPL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All the SPL\u2019s actions are guided by the following five priorities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Strengthen operational capacity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Adopt best practices for meeting the needs of the community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Promote access to information and information-sharing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Support personnel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Help uphold municipal integrity and ethics. The SPL manages Laval\u2019s Office of Integrity and Ethics (BIEL).<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    A local police department<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The Service de police de Laval adapts to the continued development of the City of Laval and its sociodemographic realities. For that reason, SPL services aim to optimize its intervention capacity and operational efficiency, while maintaining close ties with residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Under the SPL\u2019s new offer of service in public safety, two squads were formed to provide greater proximity to Laval residents, to be more visible and present, and to respond in a proactive manner to complaints and issues that arise within Laval city limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Azimut Squad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    This squad, made up of some 20 police officers, is dedicated entirely to cases of criminal phenomena, public disorder, incivility and issues of road and traffic safety. It also responds proactively to complaints issued by Laval residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Thanks to the work of this squad, Laval residents benefit from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n