Charlottetown Police Service (CPS) is the police service for the city of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The service currently has 74 officers and 14 staffers. It is headed by Chief Brad MacConnell. Programs and services CPS programs and services includes: Accident Reconstruction Team Administration Bylaw Enforcement Court Office Criminal investigation branch Drug Investigations Emergency Response Team (E.R.T.) Identification Section (Forensics) Joint Forces (with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)) Major Crime Unit Operational Records Clerks Parking Section Property Street Crime Unit Tactical Troop (Riot squad) Telecoms Section Traffic section Uniform Patrol The force has also been involved in United Nations peacekeeping and the National Weapons Enforcement Support Team (NWEST). History In 1973 Charlottetown City Council voted for all police officers to carry firearms. In 2019, it was reported that while the rest of the country's police services were struggling to boost recruitment, such as the RCMP with as many as a thousand vacancies, the CPS was received applications from across the country and around the world, with a 100:1 ratio in applicants to open positions. On October 29, 2021, the service added seven new officers, the largest hiring in 26 years. Controversy A unnamed adult female lodged a complaint with the service in 2018 alleging that on multiple occasions, she had engaged in sexual activities with an officer in his police vehicle while on duty. She further alleged that on multiple occasions, the officer ignored requests for back-up from other officers over the radio so that they could continue their assignations. In her complaint, she also claimed that he was not the only officer she had sexual encounters with, while on duty in police vehicles. The service announced it had launched an internal investigation for discreditable conduct. Agency Executive The service is currently led by a Chief of Police, prior to that it was led by a City Marshal Chiefs of Police Brad MacConnell, 2021–present Paul Smith, 1994–2021 Don Webster, 1988-1994 Charles Ready, 1979-1988 Don Saunders, 1974-1979 Sterns Webster, 1963-1974 C.W. MacArthur, 1949-1963 A. Birtwhistle, 1927-1949 City Marshals Wallace Shaw, 1925-1927 Charles Cameron, 1888-1925 George Passmore, 1880-1888 Thomas Flynn, 1869-1880 Angus MacLeod, 1862-1869 James Evans, 1857-1862 Michael O'Hara, 1855–1857 References External links Charlottetown Police Department 1855 establishments in Prince Edward Island Politics of Charlottetown Law enforcement agencies of Prince Edward Island Organizations established in 1855