10/4/2017 0 Comments Things You Might Still Don't Know Yet About Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)The rich historical background of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or RCMP dates back to Confederation and to the time when the Canadian West was opened. It is being headed by a Commissioner who also has the power to control and manage the operations of the organizationThe Establishment of RCMP CanadaWhen the war ended in 1918, the country's need to carry out security operations greatly decreased. This had posted a threat to the future of the mounted police. Instead of totally abolishing the force, the government had decided to expand the mounted police into a national police force. A legislation allowing the merging of the Royal North-West Mounted Police and the Dominion Police was passed in November. The merging of the two organizations took effect on February 1, 1920, and was then known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or RCMP. The headquarters of the RNWMP in Regina was also moved to Ottawa.North-West Mounted PoliceThe North-West Mounted Police Force or NWMP first came to picture on May 23, 1873, when the Dominion Parliament passed an act establishing a police force that will administer the North-West Territories. On August 30, 1873, the act was approved and the North-West Mounted Police Force was established. RCMP Musical RideRCMP recruits were once required to undergo mounted training. But even though the mounted training was already abolished, the RCMP Musical Ride still remains to be a very famous public attraction in Canada. It is also considered as one of the popular icons of the Canadian identity. The origin of the musical ride dates back to the 1870s. It was once just a horse riding drill that was included in the training. But as the years passed by, the simple horse riding drill had evolved and became a renowned public horsemanship exhibition set to music.TrainingSince 1886, allow RCMP recruits were required to undergo basic training which was held at the Depot division in Regina. Today, new recruits need to spend six months in the training centre in order to pass the series of training and courses which include fitness, hooting, police tactics, driving, and basic criminal laws.
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For more than 30 long years, the Quebec Mounted Police Members’ Association or QMPMA has positioned itself at the epicenter of the labor movement of the RCMP. All throughout these years, the association has played a key role in supporting the members and associations of RCMP who have worked really hard just to acquire the Supreme Court of Canada's commendatory landmark decision last year, something that they are very proud of. Their directors and executives have also invested much time for the revision and preparation of all the documentations that the association needed to improve Bill C-7. These past few months, the association has been attending meetings with the members of parliament, senators, and other influential political personalities in Ottawa and Quebec. The members of the association have likewise actively participated in the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security sessions. The committee is the one responsible for reviewing not just the legislation policies, but also the expenditure plans and programs of the different agencies and departments of the government that are responsible for:
The Unified Group of NPF, MPPAC and QMPMABy virtue of the measures implemented since May 17, 2016, and through a council of union organizations, the members of RCMP are now allowed to acquire accreditation. They are also legally mandated to stand as the representative of all the members who wish to get unionized. The unified group have reached out to all the regular RCMP members and have encouraged them to pick the QMPMA as their negotiating representative.a The union does not aim to push a single association or to divide the vote but to have someone who is readily available to stand on behalf of the association in labor relations negotiations. According to the current president of the QMPMA, Paul Dupuis, the association strongly believes that the only logical way to unionizing is uniting the efforts of all the member associations of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). Although each RCMP members association has its own strengths and weaknesses, all the associations are still under the roof of RCMP and they all still belong to the same family. The QMPMA has always maintained a direct and open contact with the National Police Federation (NPF) and the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada (MPPAC). And because of this, they were able to know that the RCMP members of Quebec have been wanting to build a union the soonest possible time.
The QMPMA is inviting all the members of the RCMP, including the NPF, and MPPAC, to join their association so that they can bind their forces for the amelioration of RCMP and for the benefit of its members. Regardless of whether you are a QMPMA, MPPAC, or NPF member, now is the best time for you to act, to get involved, to stay informed, and to join the association. |