Editing Royal Canadian Mounted Police (section)

==Uniform==
===Operational uniform===
[[File:United Way pancake breakfast - Chilliwack-38 (29639300705).jpg|thumb|A Mountie in his operational uniform]]
RCMP officers on frontline police duties wear grey shirts with RCMP shoulder flashes, navy blue pants with gold trouser piping, [[bulletproof vests]], and a [[peaked cap]] with a solid gold band. High-ranking officers wear white shirts. A tie can be worn with a long-sleeved shirt for occasions such as testifying in court. In colder weather, members may wear heavier boots, winter coats, wool toques, or uniquely, muskrat fur caps.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://rejinces.net/2014/10/14/rcmp-and-the-muskrat-hat/|title=RCMP and the Muskrat Hat|publisher=REJINCES|access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref>

In 1990, Baltej Singh Dhillon became the RCMP's first [[Sikh]] officer to be allowed to wear a [[turban]] instead of the traditional [[campaign hat]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1990-sikh-mounties-permitted-to-wear-turbans|title=1990: Sikh Mounties permitted to wear turbans|publisher=CBC Archives|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|COVID-19 pandemic]], Sikh, Muslim, and other bearded officers were initially assigned to administrative duties before being permitted to attend calls for service with low viral transmission risks after officer outcry.<ref name=SikhBeardException>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-reverses-mask-policy-1.5746450|title=RCMP reverses mask policy for bearded officers|publisher=CBC News|access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> The beards required as part of the Sikh practice of [[Kesh (Sikhism)|kesh]] and worn by some Muslim men prevented respirator masks from properly sealing around the mouth and nose, reducing their effectiveness.<ref name=SikhBeardException /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/religious-beards_n_5947438|title=Religious Beards: From Sikhs To Jews These Are Some Facial Hair Styles Of The Faithful|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> As of 2019, all RCMP officers, regardless of religious belief, are allowed to wear full beards or braided hair below their collar.<ref name=MountieUniChange>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-rcmp-uniform-change-1.5200558|title=With changes to dress code, RCMP letting its hair down|publisher=CBC News|access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref> Officers may also wear a ballcap in place of the traditional peaked cap.<ref name=MountieUniChange />

===Dress uniform===
[[File:Міжнародне співробітництво IMG 0081 (51110939539).jpg|thumb|An RCMP chief superintendent in dress uniform during COVID-19 Pandemic.]]
RCMP officers are equipped with a dress uniform, popularly known as the "blue serge", for performing certain formal duties, such as media relations or parliament testimony. It consists of a navy blue dress jacket with epaulets and brass buttons, a white shirt, a navy blue tie, navy blue pants with gold trouser piping, and a peaked cap with a solid gold band.<ref name=DressRegs>{{cite news|url=https://www.rcmpolice.ca/dressregs.html|title=RCMP Dress Regulations|publisher=RCMPolice.ca (unofficial blog)|access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> Shoulder flashes are not worn.

===Ceremonial uniform===
{{further|Red Serge}}
[[File:RCMP March (7612737452).jpg|thumb|Mounties marching in ceremonial uniform in Edmonton, 2012]]
For most formal and ceremonial duties, RCMP wears the internationally-famous [[Red Serge]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insider.com/how-canada-mountie-uniforms-are-made-2020-3|title=This is how Canada's iconic Mountie uniforms are made|publisher=Insider|access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> It has a high collared [[Scarlet (color)|scarlet]] tunic, which was developed by the [[North-West Mounted Police]] and colored red to distinguish it from blue American military uniforms, [[midnight blue]] [[breeches]] with yellow trouser piping, an [[oxblood]] [[Sam Browne belt]] with white sidearm [[lanyard]] and matching [[oxblood]] [[riding boots]], brown felt [[campaign hat]] with a "Montana crease" (pinched symmetrically at the four corners), and oxblood gloves.<ref name=DressRegs /> Since 1990, identical ceremonial uniforms have been worn by both men and women.<ref>Bonny Reilly Schmidt, 2013, "Women in Red Serge: Female Police Bodies and the Disruption to the Image of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police" unpublished PhD thesis, History Department, Simon Fraser University, p. 149</ref>

===Decorations===
Members receive a clasp and service badge star for every five years of service.<ref name=MountieInsignia /> The [[King of Canada]] also awards the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal]] to members who have completed 20 years of service. A clasp is awarded for each successive 5 years to 40 years. Members also receive a service badge star for each five years of service, which is worn on the left sleeve. There are specialist insignia for positions such as first aid instructor and dog handler, a fingerprint insignia for forensic identification specialists, and pilot's wings worn by aviators. [[Sharpshooter]] badges for proficiency in pistol or rifle shooting are each awarded in two grades.<ref name=MountieInsignia>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/unif/badge-insigne-eng.htm|title=Badges and Insignia|publisher=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|access-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013215827/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/unif/badge-insigne-eng.htm|archive-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> Sharpshooter badges and service badge stars are sewn onto the left sleeve of the [[#Ceremonial uniform|red serge]].

===Tartan===
[[File:RCMP Tartan.png|thumb|RCMP tartan]]
The RCMP has since 1998 had its own distinctive [[tartan]]. The creation of the tartan was the result of a committee created in the early 1990s to create a tartan by its 125th anniversary. Upon approval from Commissioner Phillip Murray, the tartan was registered with the [[Scottish Tartans Society]] and presented to the agency by [[Anne, Princess Royal]] during her [[Royal tours of Canada by the Canadian Royal Family|royal visit to Canada]] in 1998. The tartan appeared for the first time by an RCMP pipe band at the [[Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo]] in July and August 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/tartan |title=Tartan |date=April 19, 2018 |publisher=Royal Canadian Mounted Police |access-date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>