Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the national police service of Canada. The RCMP is an agency of the Government of Canada; it also provides police services under contract... Wikipedia

• Motto:  Maintiens le droit for
• Formed:  May 23, 1873 (NWMP formed), February 1, 1920 (renamed to RCMP and absorption of Dominion Police)
• Preceding agencies:  Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) (1873), Dominion Police (1868)
• Employees:  30,558 (2021)
• Volunteers:  Approximately 1,600 auxiliary constables
• Legal personality:  Governmental
• Federal agency:  Canada
• Constituting instruments:  Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (RCMP Act), Various provincial police legislation
• General nature:  Federal law enforcement, Local civilian police, See footnotes re local.
• Headquarters:  M. J. Nadon Government of Canada Building, 73 Leikin Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R2
• Minister responsible:  David McGuinty, Minister of Public Safety
• Agency executive:  Michael Duheme, Commissioner
• Parent agency:  Public Safety Canada
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• Data source:  DuckDuckGo