Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The bright red uniform jacket and broad-brimmed hat of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are a symbol of Canada recognized all over the world. The well-known red serge coat, black riding pants with their yellow stripe, and red-banded Stetson are not part of the regular daily uniform for these police officers. The red, white, and black dress uniform is, generally, only worn for civic ceremonies, public relations events, celebrations and memorials.
The RCMP is a singular organization, since it is simultaneously a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body. They provide total federal policing service to all Canadians. They are also under contract to provide policing services to eight provinces (all except Quebec and Ontario), the 3 Canadian territories, more than 200 municipal areas, 165 First Peoples communities, plus 3 international airports and several smaller airports.
The RCMP Academy, Depot Division in Regina, Saskatchewan has been training “Mounties” for more than 120 years. Despite the fact that they are a national police force, all new Royal Canadian Mounted Police recruits undergo basic training in Regina. At 12:45 each day visitors can witness the daily Sergeant Major’s Drill on the Parade Ground. Incidentally, women have been members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police since the first all-female class graduated from the Academy in March 1975.
Until October 2006, the Academy was also home to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Centennial Museum, where visitors could go to get a thorough account of the national police force’s history. The Centennial Museum was closed permanently in October 2006 in order to begin moving its collections and artifacts to the new RCMP Heritage Center.
The $40 million Heritage Center is scheduled to open May 23, 2007. A focal point of the new museum will be a ninety-eight foot (30 m) long three-dimensional sculptural timeline illustrating the roles and tools of the RCMP over the years.
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aww, and i was hoping to see some picture of their mounted police… those kinds of things always fascinate me and wish there was more of that.
-Kelly
I have aways thought our mounties have done amazing things for the country and am extremely glad to see them honored.
Oh, that’s a great thing. Do you have some pics of them?
Yes I was expecting to see a picture too, is it not possible to get one up?
That’s great, I never thought about mounties have done amazing things like that before.
good for them, at least they are getting some recognition for the great service they provide.
in my opnion mounted police its necesarie, because there are many pleaces or many jobs where they are the only ones who can go there and work fastly…
in the other way, i love hourses and they look really good walking around the city, feel safe
This may sound pathetic, but even though I’ve lived in Canada most of my life, I have yet to see the Mounted Police in action. Truly pathetic isn’t it? Oh well….
You heard about the tragedy in Canadian military right? He died.
A Canadian friend told me that, so it’s ok.
That’s right. The red uniform jackets definitely reminds me of the royal canadian mounted police.. still remember seeing them when i was studying in canada. Now that you mentioned it, gives me good memories…
Yeah, it would be cool to see a picture. Mounted police are pretty fascinating. Great read. Thanks!
The mounties do a lot of hard work, this is good for them
I’ve always wanted to see a mountie in dress uniform - they look great. One I hope to get the chance to visit Canada and see if I can spot one.
Hey,
Good post. As Kelly, I have also hoped to see some pictures of their mounted police. I always like to see cops on horses
All the best,
Jonas
Mounted police is just awesome. I love it when I see them in movies. They have something special, a special something.. i dont know!
All the best,
John