Mounted and Canine Operations was formed through the amalgamation of the Police Mounted Sections and the Police Canine section in 2016.
The WA Police Force is responsible for an area of 2.5 million square kilometres, 12500kms of coastline and for all policing and search and rescue in the state that has a population of over two million people.
The WA Water Police was established in 1851 and is located in North Fremantle, Mandurah and Dampier and is responsible for policing Western Australia's 13,000 kms of coastline.
Last updated: Feb 26, 2019
