What We Do

Enforcement Services provides expert and professional enforcement services in various fields within the City of Grande Prairie. Enforcement goals are met with integrity, impartiality, and professionalism.  Peace Officers focus on traffic enforcement, general bylaw enforcement, including unsightly premises, business licenses, animal control, smoking regulations and various other tasks.

Work may be outdoors, on foot, on bicycles, or in a vehicle, exposed to all climate conditions, or indoors, in office surroundings, working various shifts and weekends. Officers are subject to physical and mental stress in situations where exercising lawful force might be required, and must be consistently alert and exercise good judgement.

Officers  maintain excellent customer service with a well trained professional staff.  We also work in an integrated and cooperative law enforcement services with other enforcement agencies to provide the best possible law enforcement outcomes for our community.

Following is a list of the webpages related to Grande Prairie Enforcement Services' duties:

Animal Control
Licenses, dealing with animal waste, barking issues, cat control, animals in vehicles, and the Animal Control Bylaw

Bikes
What Grande Prairie Enforcement Services does with lost and found bikes

Business Licenses
Applications, fees, and fines related to the Business Licence Bylaw, including taxis, chauffeurs, and escorts

Lost Property
Registering your property (currently only applicable to bicycles)

Noise, Nuisance, and Disturbances
Public unpleasantries, including bullying, excessive noise, and other offences disturbing the peace

Parking Enforcement
Downtown parking info, overdimensional and abandoned vehicles, tickets, and Private Property Appointments

Sidewalk Clearing
Owner/occupant obligations related to clearing snow and debris from their sidewalk

Smoking Restrictions
How the Alberta Tobacco Reduction Act affects Grande Prairie businesses and residents

Unsightly Premises
Information on the authority of Peace Officers to make orders related to premises deemed unsightly

Traffic Enforcement
Details on programs and initiatives related to traffic enforcement and road safety

What We Don't Do (and who does)

Weeds - See the City's Parks Operations website

Road Clearing - See the City's Transportation Services webpage

Vehicle Collisions - See the Grande Prairie RCMP website

Moose, Bear, and Deer - See Alberta's Fish and Wildlife website