Media Team

The Section des services spécialisés en communication of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) offers a unique service in North America. Media relations officers are on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

They patrol the entire island of Montréal and rapidly make their way to locations where various incidents occur, in order to collect and transmit relevant information to the media representatives. They are available to respond to media queries at any time.

• Each year, media relations officers are on site at more than 1,000 events, including crime scenes, demonstrations and other significant events.
• They also grant about 3,000 media interviews each year and answer over 25,000 phone calls from journalists and media representatives.

The SPVM’s media relations team is composed of one Commander, one Sergeant, six media relations officers, and two communication agents which are civilian employees.

Contact us 

Professional media can get a quick response by calling 514 280-2777. This number provides journalists  with up-to-date information on recent events in the area. Major events or events  in progress are reported in a message that the public relations officer updates regularly during the workday. To reach the publicist on duty 24/7, press 0 (zero).

Contact the media relations team to submit all other requests for information, interviews, statistics or filming by calling 514 280-2015, Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. You can also  email requests to us at any time at relations.medias@spvm.qc.ca. Media relations communication officers process these requests more quickly and efficiently if they contain the following information:

• the specific topic;
• the deadline;
• reporter’s contact information;
• and the length of the interview.

Our permanent team

	Raphaël Bergeron Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since May 2002. He is a member of the Operational Communications Team since September 2005.
	Jean-Pierre Brabant Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since September 2005, Officer Brabant joined the Operational Communications Team in September 2014.
	Manuel Couture Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since May 2007, Officer Couture joined the Operational Communications Team in September 2014.
	Caroline Chèvrefils Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since May 1998, Officer Chèvrefils joined the Operational Communications Team in June 2017.
	Jeanne Drouin Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since February 2020, Officer Drouin joined the Operational Communications Team in April 2025.
	Florence Stafford Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since October 2018, Officer Stafford joined the Operational Communications Team in October 2025.
	Johany Charland Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since March 2020, Officer Charland joined the Operational Communications Team in October 2025.

Our replacement team

	Julien Lévesque Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since October 2014, Officer Lévesque served as media relations officer in the Operational Communications Team from October 2020 to October 2025. He will work as a replacement media relations officer.
	Véronique Dubuc Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since October 2022, Officer Dubuc served as media relations officer in the Operational Communications Team from October 2022 to October 2025. She will work as a replacement media relations officer.
	Annie-Claude Racine Media relations officer   Working for the SPVM since April 2015, Officer Racine will work as a replacement media relations officer.