Editing Royal Canadian Mounted Police (section)

===National===
The RCMP is organized under the authority of the ''Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act'' (''RCMP Act''), an act of the [[Parliament of Canada]]. Under sections 3 and 4 of the ''RCMP Act'', the RCMP is a police service for Canada; namely, a federal police service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canlii.ca/t/54310#sec3|title=''Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act'', RSC 1985, c R-10, ss 3–4}}</ref> However, section 20 of the ''RCMP Act'' provides that the RCMP may be used for law enforcement in provinces or municipalities if certain conditions are met.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canlii.ca/t/54310#sec20|title=''Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act'', RSC 1985, c R-10, s 20}}</ref> As explained by Justice [[Ivan Rand]] of the Supreme Court of Canada, "what is set up is a police service for the whole of Canada to be used in the enforcement of the laws of the Dominion, but at the same time available for the enforcement of law generally in such provinces as may desire to employ its services."<ref>''R v White'', [1956] SCR 154, [https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1955/1955canlii48/1955canlii48.html 1955 CanLII 48] at 158.</ref>

Under section 5 of the ''RCMP Act'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canlii.ca/t/54310#sec5|title=Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, RSC 1985, c R-10, s 5}}</ref> the agency is headed by the [[List of Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioners|commissioner of the RCMP]], who, under the direction of the [[Minister of Public Safety (Canada)|minister of public safety and emergency preparedness]], has the control and management of the service and all matters connected therewith. The RCMP is provided with a senior executive committee (SEC) which<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/rcmp-executive|title=RCMP executive &#124; Royal Canadian Mounted Police|first=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|last=Government of Canada|date=September 22, 2016|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca|access-date=May 30, 2017|archive-date=July 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721015120/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/rcmp-executive|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{cquote|is the senior decision-making forum established by the Commissioner for the development and approval of strategic, service-wide policies, under and consistent with the Commissioner's authority under section 5 of the RCMP Act. The role of [the] SEC is to develop, promote, and communicate strategic priorities, strategic objectives, management strategies, and performance management for direction and accountability.}} The commissioner is assisted by deputy commissioners in charge of Contract and Indigenous Policing, Federal Policing, and Specialized Policing Services. The commanding officers of K Division and [[RCMP "E" Division|E Division]] are also named deputy commissioners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/rcmp-executive|title=RCMP executiev|website=www.rcmp-grc.ca|publisher=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|access-date=14 December 2022|date=7 December 2022|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208204642/https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/rcmp-executive|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Divisions====
The RCMP divides the country into [[police division|divisions]] for command purposes. In general, each division is coterminous with a province (for example, [[Quebec Royal Canadian Mounted Police|C Division]] in Quebec). The province of Ontario, however, is divided into two divisions: National Division ([[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]]) and O Division (rest of the province). There is one additional division, Depot Division, which comprises the RCMP Academy in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] and the Police Dog Service Training Centre<ref name="dogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pds/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625214312/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/pds/|title=RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre|date=January 2004|archive-date=June 25, 2008}}</ref> in [[Innisfail, Alberta|Innisfail]]. The RCMP National Headquarters are in [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]], established in 1920.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=History of the divisions |url=https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/corporate-organisation/history-histoire/history-divisions-histoire-divisions-eng.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011001759/https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/corporate-organisation/history-histoire/history-divisions-histoire-divisions-eng.htm |archive-date=2023-10-11 |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=RCMP.ca}}</ref>
[[File:"N" Division, Stable Building.JPG|thumb|National Division building in [[Ottawa]]]]
[[File:RCMP in Whitehorse.jpg|thumb|Entrance to M Division headquarters in [[Whitehorse]]]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Division
!Location
!Year established
!Headquarters
|-
|'''National''' (formerly A)
|[[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]]
|1874
|[[Ottawa]]
|-
|'''Depot'''
|[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]
|1885
|[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]
|-
|'''B'''
|[[Newfoundland and Labrador]]
|1874
|[[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]
|-
|[[Quebec Royal Canadian Mounted Police|'''C''']]
|[[Quebec]]
|1874
|[[Montreal]]
|-
|[[Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police|'''D''']]
|[[Manitoba]]
|1874
|[[Winnipeg]]
|-
|[[British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police|'''E''']]
|[[British Columbia]]
|1874
|[[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]]
|-
|'''F'''
|[[Saskatchewan]]
|1874
|[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]
|-
|'''G'''
|[[Northwest Territories]]
|1885
|[[Yellowknife]]
|-
|'''H'''
|[[Nova Scotia]]
|1885
|[[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
|-
|'''J'''
|[[New Brunswick]]
|1932
|[[Fredericton]]
|-
|'''K'''
|[[Alberta]]
|1885
|[[Edmonton]]
|-
|'''L'''
|[[Prince Edward Island]]
|1932
|[[Charlottetown]]
|-
|'''M'''
|[[Yukon]]
|1904
|[[Whitehorse]]
|-
|'''O'''
|[[Ontario]]
|1920
|[[Toronto]]
|-
|'''V'''
|[[Nunavut]]
|1999
|[[Iqaluit]]
|}
Some historical divisions are no longer in use.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Historical RCMP Divisions<ref name=":5" />
!Division
!Location
!Years established
|-
|'''HQ''' (now RCMP National Headquarters)
|[[Ottawa]]
|1920–1987
|-
|'''N''' (now Canadian Police College and [[Musical Ride]] headquarters)
|[[Ottawa]]
|1905–1987
|}

=====Detachments=====
[[File:Royal Canadian Mounted Police.jpg|thumb|An RCMP detachment at [[Grise Fiord]], Nunavut]]

A detachment is a section of the RCMP that polices a local area. Detachments vary greatly in size.

The largest RCMP detachment is in [[Burnaby]], British Columbia.<ref>[https://www.ecomm911.ca/news-events/news-releases/2013/BurnabyRCMP.php Canada's second largest RCMP detachment integrates dispatch with E-Comm Regional communications centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309183820/https://www.ecomm911.ca/news-events/news-releases/2013/BurnabyRCMP.php |date=March 9, 2018 }} (press release), [[E-Comm]] (October 2, 2013).</ref> Previously, Surrey, British Columbia, once had the largest detachment with over a thousand employees. However, amid criticism over gang violence and growing debate during the 2018 civic election, the municipal [[Surrey Police Service]] eventually assumed jurisdiction, ending Surrey's RCMP policing contract that had been in place since 1951.<ref>[http://surrey.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=70&languageId=1 Your Surrey RCMP], Royal Canadian Mounted Police (last modified March 31, 2016).</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Zytaruk |first=Tom |title=Surrey Police Service becomes city's police of jurisdiction |url=https://www.surreynowleader.com/local-news/surrey-police-service-becomes-citys-police-of-jurisdiction-today-7674689 |access-date=2024-11-29 |work=Surrey Now-Leader |date=2024-12-30}}</ref>

Conversely, detachments in small, isolated rural communities have as few as three officers. The RCMP formerly had many single-officer detachments in these areas,<ref>Renato Gandia, [http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/04/12/rcmp-pays-tribute-to-wives-who-supported-officers-posted-to-smallest-detachments RCMP pays tribute to wives who supported officers posted to smallest detachments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806170922/http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/04/12/rcmp-pays-tribute-to-wives-who-supported-officers-posted-to-smallest-detachments |date=August 6, 2016 }}, ''Calgary Sun'' (April 12, 2013).</ref><ref name="SingleDetach">[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-single-officer-rcmp-detachments-to-be-closed-1.1258381 B.C.'s single-officer RCMP detachments to be closed], CBC News (September 28, 2012).</ref> but in 2012 the RCMP announced that it was introducing a requirement that detachments should have at least three officers.<ref name="SingleDetach"/>

As of 2022, several large Indigenous communities do not have RCMP detachments and are instead served by detachments in much smaller non-Indigenous communities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/siksika-nation-to-get-self-administered-police-service|title=Siksika Nation to get self-administered police service|website=Calgary Herald|author=Michael Rodriguez}}</ref>