Stratford Police

What Stratford Police does

Stratford Police Service is the municipal police force for the City of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Operating under the oversight of the Stratford Police Service Board and the Corporation of the City of Stratford, the service delivers statutory law enforcement, crime prevention, emergency response, and community safety services to residents, businesses, and visitors within the municipality. The organization is staffed by 26 employees and operates from a physical headquarters, providing 24-hour non-emergency response alongside 911 emergency dispatch.

The service is publicly funded through municipal taxation as part of the City of Stratford's annual budget; core policing services are provided free of direct charge to the public. Certain administrative functions — including background checks, Freedom of Information requests, and bicycle licensing — are made available to the public, sometimes subject to small administrative fees. Public access is delivered through multiple channels: emergency 911, a 24-hour non-emergency phone line, an online reporting portal for qualifying minor incidents, and in-person service at police headquarters.

No proprietary commercial technology products are offered. The Online Police Reporting System functions as a self-service intake for specific incident categories (such as property damage or fraud under defined thresholds), with reports reviewed within 72 hours. Marketing, distribution, and customer engagement reflect a public-sector model: communication occurs through the City of Stratford website, social media channels, community events, and direct public engagement rather than commercial marketing or sales motions. There are no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, or commercial expansion initiatives in the input data.

Name

Stratford Police

Legal name

The Corporation of the City of Stratford

Website

https://stratfordpolice.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stratford Police Service is a municipal police force of 26 employees providing 24/7 law enforcement, crime prevention, and emergency response to residents, businesses, and visitors of Stratford, Ontario, funded through municipal taxation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Police Services

NAICS

Police Protection (92212), Police Protection (922120)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Safety Administration (Fire/EMS, Emergency Management) (BPAIACAL)

Keywords

• Municipal law enforcement
• Public safety services
• Emergency response
• Crime prevention
• Community policing

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Core offering

Stratford Police Service is the municipal police service for the City of Stratford, Ontario, providing 24-hour emergency and non-emergency response, crime prevention, investigation of offences, traffic enforcement, victim services, and community policing. It also offers administrative services such as background checks, Freedom of Information requests, and bicycle licensing.

Product overview

Stratford Police Service is a municipal police department providing core law enforcement services to the City of Stratford, Ontario. The organization offers public-facing services including non-emergency incident reporting, background checks, Freedom of Information requests, crime prevention resources, and police career information. The service does not offer commercial technology products but provides essential policing services to the community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency 911 Police Response

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Ontario Provincial Police: Provincial police force that provides front-line policing to many Ontario municipalities on contract and highway policing province-wide. Broad incumbent that competes with Stratford Police for service delivery in non-municipal areas and sets policy/budget benchmarks for the sector.
• Hamilton Police Service: Large municipal police service for Hamilton, Ontario. Broader incumbent in the same Ontario municipal policing category, with more specialized units, but operating under the same Police Services Act framework as Stratford.
• Niagara Regional Police Service: Regional police service for Niagara Region, Ontario. Broader Ontario municipal policing peer operating at regional scale, sharing governance, reporting, and dispatch models with smaller forces like Stratford.

Direct peers

• Waterloo Regional Police Service: Regional municipal police service serving Waterloo Region, Ontario. Comparable to Stratford as a publicly funded Ontario police force delivering patrol, response, and community policing, though at significantly larger scale.
• London Police Service: Municipal police service for the City of London, Ontario. Direct peer in mandate, funding model, and service mix (patrol, 24-hour response, online reporting, crime prevention), with a larger force and broader service portfolio.
• St. Thomas Police Service: Municipal police service for St. Thomas, Ontario. Comparable small-scale southwestern Ontario municipal force providing core policing services under a municipal governance model.
• Guelph Police Service: Municipal police service for Guelph, Ontario — a comparable mid-sized Ontario city. Direct peer operating the same municipal governance, dispatch, and community policing model as Stratford.
• Brantford Police Service: Municipal police service for Brantford, Ontario. Comparable in scale and structure to Stratford, delivering traditional municipal policing services to a single Ontario city.
• Woodstock Police Service: Municipal police service for Woodstock, Ontario. Closest scale peer to Stratford — a small southwestern Ontario municipal force offering patrol, response, and community policing to a single city.

Regional players

• Kingston Police: Municipal police service for Kingston, Ontario. Similar mid-sized Ontario municipal force serving a single city, comparable in mandate and delivery model though slightly larger than Stratford.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cityofstratford
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stratford-police

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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