headed by Chief of Police Danny Smyth, appointed November 4, 2016, succeeding Chief Devon Clunis who retired July 9, 2016. The three deputy chiefs are Art Stannard, Scot Halley, and Gene Bowers. The service has 1,355 officers of which approximately half are on the front lines, known as "general patrol" (uniform operations). The WPS also has 562 civilian workers. Operations The Winnipeg Police Service headquarters is located at 266 Graham Avenue, in the former Canada Post sortation facility, in the downtown area. The previous headquarters were the Public Safety Building, built in 1966, and is currently slated for demolition to make way for the Marketlands development. Organization The City of Winnipeg is divided into four policing districts: Downtown, West, North and East. Each district contains several generalized and specialized police units. Specialized units include: Bicycle patrol Bomb disposal Canine Central traffic Crowd management Photo enforcement Pawn River patrol Underwater search and recovery Victim services Street crime Tactical support team (TST) – formerly the part-time emergency response unit (ERU) made up of officers trained for special circumstances, such as hostage situations, armed and barricaded incidents and search warrants Training – includes, police vehicle operations instructors, policy and law instructors, firearms instructors, and use of force instructors – located at the WPS Training Academy Division 40 – criminal investigation bureau – homicide, drugs, hate crimes, major crimes, morals, integrated proceeds of crime (IPOC), organized crime and Crime Stoppers Division 41 – criminal investigation bureau – missing persons, child abuse, Internet child exploitation (ICE), domestic violence, high risk offenders, sex crimes, vulnerable persons, and youth crime Division 42 – criminal investigation bureau – arson, commercial crime, stolen auto, pawn, surveillance and forensic services Flight operations Auxiliary force cadet section Fleet Ford Police Interceptor Sedan (Majority of Fleet) Ford Police Interceptor Utility Chevrolet Tahoe Police Package Terradyne Armored Vehicle Gurka EC120 Colibri Ranks and Insignia Recruitment Potential trainees must be at least eighteen years old with a high school diploma, and able to complete the Police Officer's Physical Aptitude Test (POPAT), which determines a recruit's physical ability. Training is salaried and takes 37 weeks consisting of classroom time, use of force and in the field training with assigned field training officers who supervise them while they carry out all regular duties. After this process is finished the recruit is inducted into the police service. After five years of general patrol service, officers may apply