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The Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) (French: Groupe spécial d'intervention d'urgence, GSIU) was an elite police tactical unit of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The SERT was formed in 1986 to provide a tactical capability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout Canada.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; French: Gendarmerie royale du Canada, GRC) is the national police service of Canada. The RCMP is an agency of the Government of Canada ; it also provides police services under contract to 11 provinces and territories , over 150 municipalities, and 600 Indigenous communities.
The Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (French: Commission d'enquête sur certaines activités de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada), better known as the McDonald Commission (French: Commission McDonald), was a Royal Commission called by the Canadian government of Pierre Trudeau to investigate the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after a number ...
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.
The possession and acquisition licence (PAL; French: permis de possession et d'acquisition) is the primary firearms licence under Canadian firearms laws.The PAL is the only licence issued to new adult firearms licence applicants in Canada; it is both required and the only permissible document for a person to possess and acquire, or permanently import a firearm.
CFMP have the power to arrest and charge non-CSD bound civilians only in cases where a crime is committed on or in relation to DND property or assets, or at the request of the Minister of Public Safety, Commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada or Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Although CFMP jurisdiction is ...
The creation of the ERT was modelled after the RCMP's Hostage Assault and Rescue Program. [6] Because of the problem in geography, which prevents the RCMP from pooling their resources to respond to a Canada-wide incident, the Canadian government initially mandated the creation of the Special Emergency Response Team or SERT on January 22, 1986.
The NPF represents about 20,000 RCMP Members serving across Canada and internationally. The National Police Federation (NPF) was founded on February 28, 2016, and certified as the sole bargaining agent of the RCMP on July 12, 2019. The organization currently operates under the leadership of President and Chief Executive Officer Brian Sauvé.