Exposé d'anglais : The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police or RCMP is both federal police of Canada and provincial police in most canadian provinces. It is called « police montée » by the french canadians and « red coats » by the english canadians (« manteau rouge ») because they wear a red uniform : a red jacket with gold buttons, a navy blue equestrian pants with yellow line on the outer side of the leg, a wide-brimmed hat, a leather high pair of boots and a leather belt.

This uniform is similar to the officers of the British Royal Guard. [pic 2]

In May 1873, the RCMP was created under the name of Mounted Police of  North-West to apply the law in western territories. Over time, the RCMP has became famous in the world and its workforce increasing (currently

28 000 employees with different grades, against 150 at the beginning of its creation).

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It's only in 1919 that the Parliament decided to merge the Gendarmerie and the Dominion Police which is a federal police force with jurisdiction in eastern Canada. When the legislation took effect on February 1st 1920, the name became Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It isn't before 1974 that female gendarmes enter the ranks of the RCMP.

Nowadays, the RCMP is mainly focused on organized crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, economic crimes and offenses that threaten the integrity of the national frontier.

To become a RCMP officer, you must be a Canadian citizen, fluent in either of the two official languages of Canada, hold a Canadian or equivalent high school diploma, have a Canadian driver's license valid without restriction and at least to be 19 years old at the time of engagement.

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