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The North West Mounted Police (renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police [RCMP] in 1920) was created in 1873 to police the western plains. [2] In 1920, the Federal Government authorized the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to establish its first detachment in Quebec, specifically in Montreal.
An RCMP detachment at Grise Fiord, Nunavut. A detachment is a section of the RCMP that polices a local area. Detachments vary greatly in size. The largest RCMP detachment is in Burnaby, British Columbia. [136] Previously, Surrey, British Columbia, once had the largest detachment with over a thousand employees.
The PPS uses a similar ranks system to the RCMP, with the director being a chief superintendent on secondment from the RCMP. [5] The officer-in-charge of PPS operations holds the rank of superintendent, team managers hold the rank of sergeant, supervisors hold the rank of corporal, and officers with no leadership responsibility hold the rank of constable.
RCMP officers during the Estevan Riot. Until 1920, the RCMP's forerunner, the Royal North-West Mounted Police, operated only in Western Canada and the North.The new organization was created by an amalgamation with the Dominion Police, giving the RCMP a national security mandate as a departure from its earlier role as a frontier police force.
Quebec City police officers preparing for the city's Saint Patrick's Day parade in 2014. Police services in Canada are responsible for the maintenance of the King's peace through emergency response to and intervention against violence; investigations into criminal offences and the enforcement of criminal law; and the enforcement of some civil law, such as traffic violations. [3]
RCMP: Indian River east of the Herschel Island detachment August 18, 1924 Drowned Park Warden Andrew Bower Parks Canada Park Warden: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta June 6, 1925 Died in a horse accident Constable Leo Francis Cox RCMP: La Sarre, Quebec June 28, 1925 Drowned while on duty Traffic Officer John E. Waddell Department of Highways
The headquarters of the Sûreté du Québec are located on Parthenais Street in Montreal's Sainte-Marie neighbourhood, and the service employs over 5,700 officers. The SQ is the second-largest provincial police service (behind the Ontario Provincial Police ) and the third-largest police service in Canada (behind the Royal Canadian Mounted ...
RCMP Academy, Depot Division (commonly known as "Depot", / ˈ d ɛ p oʊ / not / ˈ d iː p oʊ /) is the police training academy for Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) cadets. Providing training since its establishment in 1885, the facility is located in the west part of Regina, Saskatchewan , [ 1 ] near the airport , and consists of several ...