Editing Saskatoon (section)

===Policing===
[[File:Saskatoon police hq 1.jpg|thumb|Headquarters for the [[Saskatoon Police Service]]. The service provides [[municipal police|municipal policing]] for the city.]]
The [[Saskatoon Police Service]] is the primary police service for the city of Saskatoon and holds both Municipal and Provincial Jurisdiction. The following services also have jurisdiction in Saskatoon: Corman Park Police Service, [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], [[CN Police|Canadian National Railway Police Service]] and the [[Canadian Pacific Railway Police Service]]. As of December 31, 2012, the SPS had 442 sworn members, 59 Special Constables, and 136 civilian positions.<ref>[http://police.saskatoon.sk.ca/pdf/annual_reports/SPS_2012_Annual_Report_(web).pdf Most recent SPS Annual Report on SPS website. January 26, 2015]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101517/http://police.saskatoon.sk.ca/pdf/annual_reports/SPS_2012_Annual_Report_%28web%29.pdf |date=April 2, 2015 }}</ref>

====Crime====
The 2006 census crime data, released July 18, 2007, showed Saskatoon leading Canada in [[violent crime]], with 1,606 violent crimes per 100,000 residents annually. However, crime statistics produced by the [[Saskatoon Police Service]] shows that crime is on the decline. In 2010, total crimes against people went up 1.28% but total crimes against property fell by 11.75%.<ref name="sps2010ar">{{cite web |url=http://www.police.saskatoon.sk.ca/pdf/annual_reports/SPS_2010_Annual_Report_%28web_Sept_5%29.pdf |title=Saskatoon Police Service Annual Report 2010 |work=Saskatoon Police Service |access-date=January 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112102038/http://police.saskatoon.sk.ca/pdf/annual_reports/SPS_2010_Annual_Report_(web_Sept_5).pdf |archive-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, Saskatoon dropped to fourth highest in Canada for its CSI after being in second place for several years. [[Crime in Canada]] uses Crime Severity Index calculated using the crime rate and the severity of those crimes. 2019 saw a record 16 homicides reported in Saskatoon, giving the city a homicide rate of around 6.5 murders per 100,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-04-13 |title=Number and rate of homicide victims, by Census Metropolitan Areas |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510007101 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>

In the early 1990s, the Saskatoon police were found to engage in "[[starlight tours]]," where officers would arrest Indigenous men and drive them out of the city in the dead of winter to abandon them.<ref name="dispatch">{{cite news|url=https://www.uregina.ca/alumni/news-aen-nfrcdaafdis.htm|title=New film renews community discussion about Aboriginal freezing deaths in Saskatoon|work=Dispatch|publisher=[[University of Regina]]|access-date=February 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102040422/https://www.uregina.ca/alumni/news-aen-nfrcdaafdis.htm|archive-date=November 2, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Windspeaker">{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Saskatoon+police+chief+admits+starlight+cruises+are+not+new.%28inquiry...-a0105369747|title=Saskatoon police chief admits starlight cruises are not new|date=July 1, 2003|work=Windspeaker|publisher=[[Aboriginal Multimedia Society of Alberta]]|access-date=February 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017235335/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Saskatoon+police+chief+admits+starlight+cruises+are+not+new.(inquiry...-a0105369747|archive-date=October 17, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>