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North-West Mounted Police officers, Fort Walsh, 1878; Commissioner James Macleod sat centre The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was a Canadian paramilitary police force, established in 1873, to maintain order in the new Canadian North-West Territories (NWT) following the 1870 transfer of Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, the Red River Rebellion ...
An illustration of the Battle of Fort Pitt. The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) played a significant role during the North-West Rebellion in Canada in 1885. The NWMP suffered early reverses and, although they supported the relief force sent to the region under the command of Major-General Frederick Middleton, their performance was heavily criticized.
North Yorkshire Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 1998) West Midlands Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 1999) Royal Parks Constabulary Mounted Branch (absorbed into Metropolitan Police in 2004) Essex Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 2012) Nottinghamshire Police Mounted Unit (disbanded in 2012) [44]
The March West was the initial journey of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) to the Canadian prairies, made between July 8 and October 9, 1874. It was the result of the force being deployed to what is now southern Alberta in response to the Cypress Hills Massacre and subsequent fears of a US military intervention.
The mounted police had been established to control the prairies along the Canadian-United States border in 1873, but were then also deployed to control the Yukon region during the Klondike Gold Rush, and subsequently expanded their operations into the Hudson Bay area and the far north.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was established in 1920 with the amalgamation of the Royal North-West Mounted Police and the Dominion Police. Sworn members of the RCMP have jurisdiction as a peace officer in all provinces and territories of Canada. [14]
The decision was made by interim Police Chief Paul Saucier following a cost-benefit analysis.
James Morrow Walsh (22 May 1840 – 25 July 1905) was a North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) officer and the first commissioner of Yukon. James Morrow Walsh Commissioner of the Yukon Territory