The Regional Municipality of Durham acquired this Bell 206B-3 in June 2003 for the Durham Regional Police Service. The JetRanger was built at the Bell Helicopter factory in Mirabel, Quebec and is based at YOO Oshawa Airport. Durham is a large municipality located immediately east of the City of Toronto. Toronto is Canada's largest city but does not utilize any Police helicopters. The York Region Police serving the area immediately north of Toronto flies an Airbus EC120 based at Buttonville Airport.