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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.
The inquiry produced a 26-page report, concluding that the deaths of the four officers were homicides and the death of Roszko was a suicide. The report provides a detailed factual account of the killings, and also made eight recommendations to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future. [57]
The report found that Arar was innocent, that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police intelligence had been worthless, and that the RCMP had coordinated a smear campaign by leaking false information to the press to keep Arar imprisoned and avoid a public inquiry into its actions. [2] [3]
Hughes was shot three times by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers at his apartment complex, after police were called for a noise complaint over loud music. Police were told before arriving that Hughes was mentally ill. [3] Hughes threatened to kill police and came out with a gun. The gun was later determined to be a flare gun. [130] 2009-11-08
The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP Final Report concerning the RCMP's use of the Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) (June 18, 2008) [90] [91] [92] Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of the House of Commons (June 19, 2008) [ 93 ]
The Spiritwood Incident was a shooting that occurred on July 7, 2006, during a police pursuit in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing two of the three RCMP officers involved. [1]It began in the town of Spiritwood, a community of about 1,000 people located approximately 148 kilometres (92 mi) northwest of Saskatoon, and ended near Mildred, approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) away.
Michael Eugene Oros, better known by the name Sheslay Free Mike was a murderer and bushman known for the murders of Gunther Lischy and Cpl. Michael Buday in 1982 and 1985. He has been called "one of the most infamous and mysterious criminals to ever roam the north country" and was the subject of the book Descent into Madness by author Vernon Frolick.
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.