Related Research Articles
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 to 11 provinces and territories,over 150 municipalities,and 600 Indigenous communities. The RCMP is commonly known as the Mounties in English.
Giuliano Zaccardelli is an Italian-born Canadian retired police officer who served as the 20th commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) from 2000 to 2006. His departure from the RCMP was linked to the force's involvement in the Maher Arar affair. Zaccardelli was later impugned during inquiries into irregularities in the management of the RCMP's pension and insurance fund. He subsequently became a senior official with Interpol in Lyon,France,heading its OASIS Africa program,which aims to help African police forces more effectively combat international crime.
Stuart Zachary Taylor Wood,CMG served as the ninth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,from March 6,1938 to April 30,1951.
William Leonard Higgitt was the 14th commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),holding office from 1969 to 1973,and President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) from 1972 to 1976. Leonard Higgitt's background in intelligence and counterintelligence with the RCMP during and after World War II made him the preferred choice as RCMP Commissioner at what was the height of the Cold War. Higgitt's tenure as Canada's top spy,first,and then as RCMP Commissioner,also coincided with the civil rights movement in the United States,which was part of a period of broader political unrest and social change in Canada,including the Quebec nationalist movement and first-ever diplomatic negotiations in Stockholm between Canada and Communist China. Higgitt's time as Commissioner was marked by his efforts to balance a traditional view of the Mounties in the eye of the public,and a trust in the RCMP attending that view,with more modern,high-tech,and legally complex policing methods,including surveillance and data-gathering practices that found the RCMP facing increasing media and judicial scrutiny.
Maurice Jean Nadon was the 16th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,serving from January 1,1974 to August 31,1977.
Robert Henry Simmonds was a Canadian police officer who served as the 17th commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) from 1977 to 1987.
William John Shannon Elliott is a Canadian lawyer and civil servant who served as the 22nd commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) from July 2007 to November 2011. He held a number of roles in the Government of Canada,including as the national security advisor to the prime minister,associate deputy minister of Public Safety Canada and deputy commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard. Elliott was the RCMP's first civilian commissioner.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a history dating back to 1873 and has been involved in several high-profile controversies.
Beverley Ann Busson is a Canadian Senator and former police officer who served as the 21st commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) from December 2006 to June 2007. She was the first woman to hold this position and was appointed on an interim basis in the wake of Giuliano Zaccardelli's resignation amid controversy. Busson's subsequent appointment as a member of the Senate of Canada representing British Columbia was announced on September 24,2018.
Zachary Taylor Wood was Assistant Commissioner with the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) and the commissioner of Yukon.
On October 14,2007,Robert Dziekański,a 40-year old Polish immigrant to Canada,was killed during an arrest at the Vancouver International Airport in Richmond,British Columbia (BC).
The Alberta Provincial Police (APP) was the provincial police service for the province of Alberta,Canada,from 1917 to 1932. The APP was formed as a result of the Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) leaving the prairie provinces during the First World War due to a lack of sufficient resources in light of its increased responsibilities for national security and reluctance to again enforce Prohibition law recently put into effect by the Alberta government after its experience doing so during territorial times. The RNWMP was replaced by the newly created Alberta Provincial Police on March 1,1917,which remained responsible for provincial policing until 1932,when it was eliminated as a cost-cutting measure during the Great Depression. The APP was known for its tumultuous beginning,battles against rum-runners and bootleggers during prohibition in Canada and the United States,as well as its remarkable efficiency and professionalism which endeared the force to Albertans.
Integrated Security Unit (ISU) is a joint-services infrastructure security unit created to secure major events in Canada. This administrative and operational entity was first created by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in 2003.
The decades following the Rebellions of 1837–1838 marked the start of intelligence services in Canada. Defeat in the failed uprising caused the restoration of colonial regimes and the reform of imperialism. As a result,informal intelligence services were formed to conduct certain activities. 1864 marked the formation of two secret police forces and the formal intelligence service in Canada. Created to protect the Canada–United States border,these organization were under the control of a Montreal police commander and political ally. In response to a number of raid and attacks connected with Irish nationalism,Prime Minister John A. Macdonald merged the two forces to form the Dominion Police (DP). The DP was subsequently merged with the North-West Mounted Police to form the Royal North-West Mounted Police in 1904 and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in 1920.
Robert Wilfred Paulson,is a former Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He retired from the RCMP at the end of June 2017.
John Gregory Peters is a retired superintendent of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the current usher of the Black Rod of the Senate of Canada. He was appointed to the position by order of the governor-in-council effective October 1,2013. He was re-appointed on October 1,2018 for another 5-year term.
The Parliamentary Protective Service is the office of the Parliament of Canada which provides physical security within the Parliamentary Precinct in Ottawa,Ontario.
Brenda Lucki is a Canadian retired police officer who served as the 24th commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from April 2018 to March 2023. She is the first woman to permanently hold the position.
The police in Canada's ranks differ according to the different police forces and depend on different laws at the federal,provincial,and municipal levels.
Raf Souccar is a Canadian former deputy police commissioner who lead the anti-drugs work of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. After leaving the police force,Souccar launched and led a medical cannabis company.
References
- Former RCMP Commissioners
- "Joseph Philip Robert Murray" . Retrieved June 25, 2006.
  | This Canadian biographical article related to crime is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This law enforcement biography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |