Editing Police (section)

====Canada====
{{Main|Law enforcement in Canada}}
[[File:President Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau meeting with Royal Canadian mounted police during a visit to National Arts Center in Ottawa, Canada.jpg|thumb|[[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] officers present at a meeting between [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Nancy Reagan]], and [[Pierre Trudeau]], 1981]]
During the early days of English and French colonization, municipalities hired watchmen and constables to provide security.<ref name="wlu"/> Established in 1729, the [[Royal Newfoundland Constabulary]] (RNC) was the first policing service founded in Canada. The establishment of modern policing services in [[the Canadas]] occurred during the 1830s, modelling their services after the London Metropolitan Police, and adopting the ideas of the Peelian principles.<ref name="wlu">{{cite web|url=https://online.wlu.ca/news/2019/08/13/history-policing-canada|title=The History of Policing in Canada|date=13 August 2019|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University|access-date=9 September 2019|website=wlu.ca}}</ref> The [[Toronto Police Service]] was established in 1834 as the first municipal police service in Canada. Prior to that, local able-bodied male citizens had been required to report for night watch duty as special constables for a fixed number of nights a year on penalty of a fine or imprisonment in a system known as "watch and ward."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontopolicehistory.org/cph3.htm |title=Toronto Police in 1834–1860 "Formidable Engines of Oppression"}}</ref> The [[Quebec City Police Service]] was established in 1840.<ref name="wlu" />

A national police service, the [[Dominion Police]], was founded in 1868. Initially the Dominion Police provided security for parliament, but its responsibilities quickly grew. In 1870, [[Rupert's Land]] and the [[North-Western Territory]] were incorporated into the country. In an effort to police its newly acquired territory, the Canadian government established the [[North-West Mounted Police]] in 1873 (renamed Royal North-West Mounted Police in 1904).<ref name="wlu" /> In 1920, the Dominion Police, and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police were amalgamated into the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP).<ref name="wlu" />

The RCMP provides federal law enforcement; and law enforcement in eight provinces, and all three territories. The provinces of [[Ontario]], and [[Quebec]] maintain their own provincial police forces, the [[Ontario Provincial Police]] (OPP), and the [[Sûreté du Québec]] (SQ). Policing in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] is provided by the RCMP, and the RNC. The aforementioned services also provide municipal policing, although larger Canadian municipalities may establish their own police service.