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- Guide to Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Principal Concerns Today Introduction to Royal Canadian Mounted Police As criminal activity has grown more global and sophisticated, crime prevention has had to become more transnational in scope. The Canadian Police Information Centre, run by the RCMP, has an extensive data bank for access by law enforcement agencies. Since 1991 the Mounties' national Criminal Intelligence Program has centralized all RCMP criminal intelligence functions to better manage the processing of information on criminal activity. International liaison has also become more important, with links around the world. The RCMP maintains an Ottawa branch of Interpol, the international criminal police organization. The RCMP faces a number of problems, including some unresolved issues about whether it answers to the federal or provincial level of government. One such conflict, in Newfoundland in 1959, led to the commissioner's resignation when the provincial attorney general refused to authorize reinforcements requested by the province's RCMP superintendent. Another problem is the policing of indigenous communities, where different cultural concepts have sometimes led to misunderstandings. The RCMP now has a special branch to develop programs that are sensitive to the cultures of these communities. In recent years the RCMP has begun efforts to include more women and minorities. Once an all-male force, the Mounties began recruiting women as peace officers in 1974; the first female commissioned officer was appointed in 1992. Cultural diversity is also growing. The force has encouraged diversity by adapting its regulations to the needs of different cultural groups. An example is a recent decision allowing officers who are of the Sikh religion to wear turbans, as their religion requires, in place of the regulation Mountie hat.” (1) Resources Notes and References
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Introduction to Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Canadian national law enforcement agency and an enduring symbol of the country. Established in 1873 as the North-West Mounted Police, a horseback troop, the force had a leading role in the settlement of the Canadian West. Today it employs nearly 16,000 peace officers, who are called Mounties.” (1)
Resources
Notes and References
Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Principal Concerns Today
Introduction to Royal Canadian Mounted Police
As criminal activity has grown more global and sophisticated, crime prevention has had to become more transnational in scope. The Canadian Police Information Centre, run by the RCMP, has an extensive data bank for access by law enforcement agencies. Since 1991 the Mounties' national Criminal Intelligence Program has centralized all RCMP criminal intelligence functions to better manage the processing of information on criminal activity. International liaison has also become more important, with links around the world. The RCMP maintains an Ottawa branch of Interpol, the international criminal police organization.
The RCMP faces a number of problems, including some unresolved issues about whether it answers to the federal or provincial level of government. One such conflict, in Newfoundland in 1959, led to the commissioner's resignation when the provincial attorney general refused to authorize reinforcements requested by the province's RCMP superintendent. Another problem is the policing of indigenous communities, where different cultural concepts have sometimes led to misunderstandings. The RCMP now has a special branch to develop programs that are sensitive to the cultures of these communities.
In recent years the RCMP has begun efforts to include more women and minorities. Once an all-male force, the Mounties began recruiting women as peace officers in 1974; the first female commissioned officer was appointed in 1992. Cultural diversity is also growing. The force has encouraged diversity by adapting its regulations to the needs of different cultural groups. An example is a recent decision allowing officers who are of the Sikh religion to wear turbans, as their religion requires, in place of the regulation Mountie hat.” (1)
Resources
Guide to Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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