The history and culture of Canadian policing
150 years of the Mounties, told properly.
Long-form stories on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian policing: where the red serge came from, how the force is built, its most famous traditions — and the cases that never closed.
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History
150 Years of Canada's Mounted Police: A Short History"
Few institutions carry a country's self-image the way the Mountie carries Canada's: the red serge, the horse, the frontier legend, the polite…
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Organization
How Canada's Police Divisions Are Organized"
Canada's policing map confuses everyone at least once: a city with its own police, a province policed by a national force, a territory where the…
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Tradition
The Musical Ride: Canada's Most Canadian Tradition"
Every country has a ceremonial unit. Only one is a cavalry drill performed by actual police officers, on horses bred by the same institution, to music,…
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Organization
Why One Force Polices Three Levels of Government"
In most federations, each level of government has its own police. Canada runs a different design: a single national institution that serves as federal…
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Investigations
Cold Cases and Modern Forensics: How Old Files Get New Life
Somewhere in every major police organization sits a room, or a vault, of boxes that never closed. Evidence envelopes sealed in 1976. Interview transcripts…
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