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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Royal Canadian Mounted Police constabulary organized (1873) as the Northwest Mounted Police to bring law and order to the Canadian west. In 1920 the name was changed to the present title. The corps, which gained a romantic reputation for daring exploits and persistence in trailing criminals, originally numbered 300 men; they came to be known as Red Coats, Riders of the Plains, and, most popularly, Mounties. The force later absorbed the provincial police forces of all the territories and provinces except Ontario and Quebec and enforces all federal and provincial laws except in those provinces.... Read more
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) A police force which provides provincial policing in all provinces except Ontario and Quebec, as well as conducting investigations into...crime, narcotics offences, fraud, and other large-scale criminal activity nationwide. It was founded in 1873 as the ... Read more
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
...and later settlement of the west. The group assumed its current name in 1920, when it became a federal force and its headquarters were moved to Ottawa. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police Read more

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