Sûreté du Québec will replace municipal police in Thetford Mines
On June 6, the city passed a resolution asking Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault for the authorization to abolish its municipal police force and to be served by the SQ.
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Quebec Deputy premier and Public Security Minister Genevieve Guilbault responds to reporters questions on Dec. 8, 2021 at the legislature in Quebec City.Photo by Jacques Boissinot /The Canadian Press
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Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault has given the city of Thetford Mines the authorization to replace its municipal police force with the Sûreté du Québec.
The minister made the announcement Wednesday afternoon following an official request the city made in June and public consultations.
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Under the province’s Loi sur la police, municipalities with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants that are neither part of a metropolitan community nor a census metropolitan area are served by the SQ. The city of Thetford Mines, 240 kilometres southeast of Montreal, has 25,799 inhabitants and is not part of a metropolitan community or a census metropolitan area.
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On June 6, the city passed a resolution asking the minister for the authorization to abolish its municipal police force and to be served by the SQ. The city made the request because it felt its existing police force had become a financial burden.
According to the minister, the next step in the process will be to form a committee to make decisions regarding the reclassification of each of the police officers involved and to agree on the date on which the SQ will begin serving Thetford Mines.
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