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North West Mounted Police Hist.

• a federal police force organized in 1873 to bring law and order to the Northwest, the name after 1904 being the Royal North West Mounted Police and after 1920 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

  See also: Northwest Police  N.W. Mounted Police  N.W.M.P.  Royal Canadian Mounted Police  

  • 1887  The North-West mounted police requires the immediate attention of the proper authorities.
  • 1902  (1957)  The N.W. Mounted Police, a governmental military force, effectually protects the people and their property, at the same time performing the duties of sheriffs and constables.
  • 1963  The North-West Mounted Police commonly used to send constables to ride with the wagons, sometimes for months.