Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (RCMP Act) is the “federal legislation that provides the framework for the operation of the RCMP” (page 70). It was formed in 1873 as the north west mounted police and are now the federal police force in Canada The RCMP is divided into 15 divisions. Ottawa is where the federal headquarter is located for RCMP. Every division has a leader. All the training for RCMP officers occurs in Regina and then they send them out to other parts of Canada from there. RCMP officers don’t have a union. Not every profession has the security of unions behind them. RCMP is a “federal police force, yet about 60 percent of its personnel are involved in contract policing” (pg. 70). RCMP is here to protect all Canadians. There are
