VINTAGE PICS - rcmpolice.ca
VINTAGE PICS. This site displays examples of historic uniform and kit that were worn by Members of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP), the RoyalNorth West Mounted Police (RNWMP) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Images displayed on this site are held by various private collections.
Genealogy and archival research - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Genealogy. If you are not sure if your relative was a Member of the Mounted Police, you may wish to contact Library and Archives Canada, the national archives, as they have a wealth of resources at their disposal. Their genealogical project may be found online.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Wikipedia
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]
Controversies surrounding the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
In April 1971, a team of RCMP officers broke into the storage facilities of Richelieu Explosives, and stole an unspecified amount of dynamite. A year later, in April 1972, officers hid four cases of dynamite in Mont Saint-Grégoire, in an attempt to link the explosives with the FLQ.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) - The Canadian …
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is Canada’s national police force – providing an array of services from municipal policing to national security intelligence gathering. The "Mounties" have a long and proud history dating back to Confederation and the opening of the Canadian West.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Historical Photos
Lance-Corporal D.G. Stackhouse, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), directing traffic, Campobasso, Italy, 21 October 1943. When Canada declared war on Nazi Germany on 10 September 1939, the Commissioner of the RCMP, Stuart Taylor Wood, had already offered men to form a Provost Company.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and …
Was your ancestor an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police? Discover if your ancestor died while on duty, and learn important biographical details from your ancestor’s obituary.
Historically relevant dates to the RCMP
July 21, 1993: J.C. Picard (#29820/O.1687) is the first self-identified Black male commissioned officer in the RCMP. November 22, 1993: First female drill instructor at the RCMP Training Academy, Nov. 1993 – Debbie Reitenbach ( RegNo 36934).
One hundred years of the RCMP - Canada's History
Jan 14, 2020 · Beverley Busson is named the first female commissioner of the RCMP, a position she held until July 17, 2007. The RCMP only began to accept applications from women for regular police duties in 1974.
History of the RCMP - RCMP.ca - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
History of the RCMP. We have a rich history as Canada's national police service that dates back to 1873. From the role of women and Indigenous peoples, to our uniform and our military service, our history is Canada's history.