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  Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1903 jurisdiction was extended to the Arctic coast, Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905, and in 1912 to northern Manitoba.
On February 1, 1920 the RNWMP was merged with the Dominion Police and was renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, with responsibility for federal law enforcement in all provinces and territories.
Although it is a police force, the RCMP has the status of a regiment of dragoons, and as such is entitled to wear battle honours for its war service as well as carry a guidon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police   (2569 words)

  
 MOUNTED   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Mounted Unit is primarily assigned to patrol on the streets and in the parks throughout all five of the counties (or boroughs) which together form New York City.
The Mounted Unit's patrol resources are deployed in six "troops" housed in different police stables around the City and are supported by a varied civilian staff including hostlers and farriers.
The Mounted Unit has therefore earned the reputation for being in the vanguard whenever the Police Department is called upon to ensure the order and safety of the large throngs of people frequently found in the nation's largest and most dynamic city.
www.ci.nyc.ny.us /html/nypd/html/transportation/mounted.html   (311 words)

  
 historyofthenwmp
The desire by the Canadian government and the North West Mounted Police to establish peaceful settlement of the Canadian West was disrupted in 1885.
While the Mounted Police created a presence in the territory in 1895, the NWMP contingent in the Yukon grew from 19 men to 285 at the height of the Gold Rush in 1898 to ensure that law and order was maintained.
Police services were extended throughout Canada, while the Force took on the responsibility for intelligence and security duties in addition to its normal police and crime prevention work.
www.nwmpmuseum.com /historyofthenwmp.html   (1136 words)

  
 Canine/Mounted Police Unit -- Saint Paul Police
The mission of the Saint Paul Police Department Canine Unit is to provide highly trained canine officer teams who serve, in a timely and professional manner, both the officers of the Saint Paul Police Department and the citizens of the City of Saint Paul.
Police canines are one of the fastest growing tools for police in the fight against crime.
Police service dogs are capable of being trained in an amazing number of duties and are able to combine their many talents to achieve a specific purpose.
www.stpaul.gov /police/k9.html   (712 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The RCMP was created as the North West Mounted Police on May 23, 1873 by Sir John A. Macdonald, the first prime minister of Canada, with the intent of bringing law and order to (and asserting Canadian sovereignty over) the North-West Territories (which then included modern day Alberta and Saskatchewan).
In 1903 jurisdiction was extended to the Arctic coast, and in 1912 to northern Manitoba.
Although it is a police force, the RCMP has the status of a regiment of dragoons, and as such is entitled to wear battle honours for its war service.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /royal_canadian_mounted_police.htm   (1725 words)

  
 Vancouver Police Mounted Squad Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mounted police officers are ideal for patrolling the trails and beaches of Stanley Park.
Police horses must remain calm when faced with unexpected or unwelcome events, so the horse is trained to stand still when an umbrella is opened in his face, a ball is rolled between his feet, and when plastic and other objects touch his body.
The police officers are responsible for grooming their horses before riding them, putting on their tack (bridle and saddle) and cleaning the tack at the end of the day.
www.mountedsquadhorses.com /mountedsquadtoday.html   (823 words)

  
 Forums at the Society - Mounted Police Today
The mounted police force was founded in 1991, and the policemen are recruited for their rural background, given their previous experiences with horses.
Most police forms are based, at least remotely, to some degree on military uniforms, but the field uniform of a soldier is much more an item of equipment than most imagine, while the field uniform of a policeman is both an item of equipment and a psychological message to the general public.
Riding in the US Mounted Police community is not taken as seriously as it is in other countries, not only Europe but in some ares of the middle East and Central and South America.
www.militaryhorse.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2479   (4807 words)

  
 Queensland Police Service - About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Queensland Mounted Police Unit, as it is known, really came into existence before Queensland became a State in its own right upon separation from the State of New South Wales in 1859.
Mounted Unit members are responsible for the care and maintenance of the troop horses, saddlery and other equipment.
The Mounted Unit was formerly very much a Public Relations Unit of the Police Service, whose duties included VIP escorts, namely for members of the Royal Family, the Governor General of Australia, State Governor and other dignitaries.
www.police.qld.gov.au /pr/about/mount.shtml   (574 words)

  
 Mounted police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback.
Mounted police may be employed for specialized duties ranging from patrol of parks and wilderness areas, where police cars would be impractical or noisome, to riot duty, where the horse serves to intimidate those whom it is desired to disperse.
Mounted riot police used to disperse a crowd during protests in Edinburgh, Scotland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mounted_police   (358 words)

  
 The royal canadian mounted police
The North-West Mounted Police established a friendly relationship with the Natives in the region and kept the whiskey trade under control while enforcing prohibition.
In 1895, Mounted Police jurisdiction was extended to the Yukon and was expanded to the Arctic Coast in 1903.
In 1905, the Royal Northwest Mounted Police contracted to police the new provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.
ga.essortment.com /royalcanadianm_rmnm.htm   (1089 words)

  
 Metroactive Features | San Jose's Mounted Police
Police horses are generally trained to tolerate scrappy dogs, but this particular horse, who went by the name of Ricardo, took one look at those gaping jaws and informally tendered his resignation from the San Jose Police Department.
San Jose has had mounted police in one capacity or another since 1911, but it wasn't until 1986 that this special Horse Mounted Unit was formed to increase police presence in the downtown.
Certainly one of the drawbacks of the mounted officers' heightened visibility is the sacrifice of a measure of officer safety.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/09.25.97/horsecops-9739.html   (2882 words)

  
 Toronto Police Service :: To Serve and Protect
The Mounted Unit Headquarters was located in Sunnybrook Park in North York.
The Service presently uses German Shepherds and Belgian Malinois for General Purpose Police Dogs and currently use a Labrador, Springier Spaniel, and Malinois breeds for the detection of narcotics, firearms, ammunition, and explosives.
Police Dog Services is now located in a new facility at 44 Beechwood Drive in the Borough of East York.
www.torontopolice.on.ca /mountedpds   (446 words)

  
 Royal North West Mounted Police/Royal Canadian Mounted Police   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The first record of police control in Melfort was in 1895, from the Prince Albert detachment.
The role of this force from 1874 to 1905 was to ease hardships, such as disease and prairie fires, experienced by the immigrants and settlers.
The Royal North West Mounted Police continued to act as a federal police force until they were relieved of provincial duties in 1917.
collections.ic.gc.ca /melfort/rcmp00.htm   (304 words)

  
 Mounted Patrol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
First, our primary goal was to increase the Police Department’s sense of presence in the downtown area and secondly, we hoped to promote a positive image and enhance personal communication with members of the public.
Mounted police units throughout the country serve not just as visible members of law enforcement, but as active participants in crime control and service to the community.
Royal was acquired by the mounted unit through a combination of purchase and donation and was sponsored by Brian and Stephanie Fischer, the owners of "Earcraft Music" in downtown Dover.
www.ci.dover.nh.us /police/mounted.htm   (1358 words)

  
 Native Mounted Police   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Native mounted Police Corps was dissolved in 1900.
The cause of the police at first starting in pursuit, instead of proceeding to the Condamine, was that the fls stole sheep within three miles of the head quarters of the police.
We believe that both in this district and Port Phillip the experiment of establishing a mounted police force, the troopers of which are taken from the aboriginal natives, is allowed by all who have had an opportunity of forming an opinion, to have been quite successful.
www.jenwilletts.com /native_mounted_police.htm   (1657 words)

  
 Mounted Branch - Part of the Public Order Branch
The meticulous and intensive selection and training process for the mounted officers is equalled by that undergone by their horses.
A half or three-quarter bred animal has been found to be best suited to police work, combining the spirit of a thoroughbred with the strength and stability of a draught horse.
At the end of the Police Horses working life the animal is re-homed at one of many identified establishments who have previously contacted the Mounted Branch with a view to offering a home.
www.met.police.uk /mountedbranch   (621 words)

  
 Mounted Police Horse MountedPolice.com
Barresse, a police horse struck by car,New York,NY
Mounted police horse dies in freak mishap, Hyderabad India
Mounted Police and Military Mounted units from all over the country participate in inaugural parade.
www.mountedpolice.com   (608 words)

  
 Scottsdale’s Mounted Police in Canada by Sergeant Tom Hill
The Scottsdale Police Mounted Unit is honored to have received a personal invitation from Premier Klien, of Alberta, Canada, to participate in the Calgary Stampede Parade and give daily mounted police demonstrations at the rodeo.
The Scottsdale Police mounted Unit has been recognized by it’s peers to be among the best in the United states.
The mounted unit works in a city that is considered one of the safest in the country.
www.bridleandbit.com /story389.htm   (468 words)

  
 Services US Park Police Frames
However, as the value of the mounted unit was proven, it was expanded to an operational strength that patrols and provides protection in the Washington Metropolitan Area as well as New York and San Francisco.
Graduates are capable of not only providing effective horse mounted patrol, but can manage their own police patrol program.
Instructors are regularly requested to provide training at police seminars as mounted colloquiums held throughout the United States.
www.nps.gov /uspp/fhorsepage.htm   (1026 words)

  
 Mounted Patrol Unit
The mounted officer is an effective method of crime prevention especially in the downtown area due to the high visibility factor and quick response capability in congested areas.
The Police Bureau uses only geldings of various breeds, who are normally eight to twelve years of age when purchased, and are about 15.2 hands in height.
Suitable horses are accepted by the Portland Police Bureau on a 60-day consignment pending further evaluation by the Police Bureau's horse trainer and a licensed veterinarian.
www.portlandonline.com /police/index.cfm?c=30981   (897 words)

  
 City of Orlando, Orlando Police Mounted Patrol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1982 the Orlando Police Department activated its Mounted Patrol Unit with two horses stabled at Ben White Raceway.
Over the years, the Orlando Police Department's Mounted Patrol Unit has grown to eight horses, with six full time officers and a sergeant They occupy their own stables at 221 S. Rio Grand Avenue.
The Mounted Patrol Unit initially tasked to work special events, such as rock concerts, crowd control, and routinely patrol the downtown corridor.
www.cityoforlando.net /police/Units/mounted.htm   (286 words)

  
 Canadian Genealogy Centre - North West Mounted Police   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The North West Mounted Police was established in 1873 to bring Canadian authority to the North West Territories (present-day Alberta and Saskatchewan).
In 1920, the RNWMP absorbed the Dominion Police and became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and was responsible for federal law enforcement in all provinces and territories.
Records of the North West Mounted Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police are in the custody of Library and Archives Canada, Record Group 18 (RG 18).
www.genealogy.gc.ca /10/101303_e.html   (555 words)

  
 Royal Canadian mounted police history
In 1873, in the staid stone halls of the Canadian Parliament in far-off Ottawa, politicians were debating a Bill which would legislate formation of a police force for the prairies.
By the end of May, the legislation to establish a police force was passed by Parliament.
This was the North West Mounted Police, later to be renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
ks.essortment.com /canadianmounted_reqj.htm   (766 words)

  
 North-West Mounted Police Uniform
In the 1800s the uniform of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) was similar to the one worn by the British Army.
The scarlet Norfolk jacket, simple and practical, without trimmings, was chosen so that the North-West Mounted Police would be readily identifiable with the reputation of their British predecessors (rather than the Americans in blue uniform) thereby gaining the confidence and respect of the First Nations.
A short Snider-Enfield carbine was carried and when mounted a saddle bucket was used on the rear right side of the horse.
www.rcmp.ca /history/nwmp_uniform_e.htm   (385 words)

  
 Save the Cleveland Mounted Police
Purchased by the Cleveland Mounted Police Charitable Trust, 495 bags of bedding, 40 bags or oats, 40 bags of feed supplement, and 426 bales (13 tons) or hay were delivered to the King-Otis Stables.
Not only are mounted police outstanding patrol officers, they serve among Cleveland’s finest good will ambassadors to citizens and visitors.
The Cleveland Mounted Police Horse Stables are located at 1150 E. 38th Street and are open to the public from 9 a.m.
www.clevelandmountedpolice.com   (807 words)

  
 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The North West Mounted Police were established by Act of Parliament on May 23rd, 1873.
On February 1st, the Royal North West Mounted Police and the Dominion Police were merged to become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have become the force that was once envisaged by Sir John A. MacDonald.
www.anguish.org /~flint/rcmp.html   (970 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Mounted Police   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Air Services Branch provides a number of services for the RCMP as well as the Canadian general public.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the Canadian national police service and an agency of the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada.
It provides a policing service to all Canadians and policing services under contract to the three territories and to eight provinces (except Ontario and Quebec).
www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/canada/rcmp-home.htm   (988 words)

  
 Canada HQ : Canadian Mounted Police
Canada's national police force, the RCMP is involved with criminal intelligence.
History of the Northwest Mounted Police, forerunner of the RCMP.
The author is researching horse policing in the United States.
canada-hq.com /canadianmountedpolice/index.php   (785 words)

  
 City of Long Beach, CA - Police Homepage
Impact violent crime through the identification of crime trends and the application of innovative strategies to reduce criminal activity and improve quality of life.
The Long Beach Police Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism (OCT) is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and investigating criminal intelligence related to international and domestic terrorism, organized crime, and extremist activity.
On Monday, October 3 at approximantely 2:50 a.m., Long Beach Police K-9 "Ranger" was shot and killed while in pursuit of a parolee who had shot at police officers.
www.longbeach.gov /police   (374 words)

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