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===21st century=== [[File:Whitecourt RCMP We Remember.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial for the victims of the [[Mayerthorpe Tragedy]] in [[Whitecourt]], [[Northern Alberta]]]] Due to [[September 11 attacks|9/11]], the RCMP [[Sky marshal#Canada|Sky Marshal]]s, which is charged with security on passenger aircraft, was inaugurated in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/gazette/vol70n3/air-eng.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626092154/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/gazette/vol70n3/air-eng.htm|archive-date=June 26, 2012|title=Gazette magazine – The Canadian Air Carrier Protective Program – Royal Canadian Mounted Police|date=June 26, 2012}}</ref> Four RCMP officers were fatally shot during the [[Mayerthorpe tragedy]] in [[Northern Alberta]] in March 2005. It was the single largest multiple killing of RCMP officers since the killing of three officers in Kamloops, British Columbia, by a mentally ill assailant in June 1962. Before that, the RCMP had not incurred such a loss since the [[North-West Rebellion]].<ref name="CBC">[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/slain-rcmp-officer-new-to-force-1.533630 CBC]</ref> One result was that on 21 October 2011 Commissioner [[William J. S. Elliott]] announced that RCMP officers would have the [[C8 rifle]] at their disposal, where in the past they had been limited to sidearms. One of the main conclusions from the fatality inquiry that led to this result was the fact that the officers who were involved in the events did not have the appropriate weapons to face someone with a semi-automatic rifle.<ref name=wjegm>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/front-line-rcmp-officers-to-get-high-powered-guns/article4251468/ |title=Front-line RCMP officers to get high-powered guns |publisher=The Globe and Mail |orig-date=21 October 2011|date=8 May 2018}}</ref> In 2006, the [[United States Coast Guard]]'s Ninth District and the RCMP began a program called "Shiprider", in which 12 Mounties from the RCMP detachment at Windsor and 16 U.S. Coast Guard boarding officers from stations in Michigan ride in each other's vessels. The intent was to allow for seamless enforcement of the international border.<ref>PA1 John Masson, "Territorial Teamwork", Coast Guard Magazine 2/2006, pp. 26–27</ref> [[File:USCG, RCMP Conduct Shiprider Operations During G20 DVIDS294137.jpg|thumb|left|An RCMP corporal and [[U.S. Coast Guard]] member conduct a boarding as a part of Shiprider law enforcement operations. RCMP-U.S. Coast Guard Shiprider operations began in 2006.]] On December 6, 2006, [[List of Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioners|RCMP Commissioner]] [[Giuliano Zaccardelli]] resigned after admitting that his earlier testimony about the [[Maher Arar]] case was inaccurate. The RCMP's actions were scrutinized by the [[Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar]]. In the aftermath of the Arar affair, the commission of inquiry recommended that the RCMP be subject to greater oversight from a review board with investigative and information-sharing capacities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Cheung|first=Carmen K.|date=2014|title=Oversight and Accountability of Canada's National Security Agencies: A Framework for Discussion|url=https://commentary.canlii.org/w/canlii/2014CanLIIDocs252|journal=The Canadian Bar Review|volume=92|issue=1 |pages=19–30|id=2014 CanLIIDocs 252|via=CanLII}}</ref> Following the commission of inquiry's recommendations, the [[41st Canadian Parliament|Harper government]] tabled amendments to the RCMP Act to create the [[Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police|Civilian Review and Complaints Commission]].<ref name=":1" /> In the wake of the 2007 [[Robert Dziekański taser incident]] at the [[Vancouver International Airport]], two officers were found guilty of perjury to the [[Braidwood Inquiry]] and sentenced to jail for their actions. They appealed to the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] but were unsuccessful. In July 2007, two RCMP officers were shot and succumbed to their injuries in the [[Spiritwood Incident]] near [[Mildred, Saskatchewan]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} By the end of 2007, the RCMP was named [[Canadian Newsmaker of the Year|Newsmaker of the Year]] by [[The Canadian Press]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/MediaNews/2007/12/25/4739958-cp.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071226200125/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/MediaNews/2007/12/25/4739958-cp.html|title=Canoe.ca News December 25, 2007|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 26, 2007}}</ref> ====2010s==== The RCMP mounted the [[Queen's Life Guard]] in May 2012 during celebrations of [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9284116/Queen-guarded-by-Canadian-Mounties-today.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9284116/Queen-guarded-by-Canadian-Mounties-today.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Queen guarded by Canadian Mounties today|first=Hannah|last=Furness|date=May 23, 2012|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On June 3, 2013, the RCMP's A Division was renamed the "National Division" and tasked with handling corruption cases "at home and abroad".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.macleans.ca/2013/06/03/rcmp-national-division-a-renamed-a-division-to-take-on-corruption/|title=RCMP National Division, a renamed A Division, to take on corruption|date=June 3, 2013|magazine=[[Maclean's]]|access-date=October 25, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304194848/http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/06/03/rcmp-national-division-a-renamed-a-division-to-take-on-corruption/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[File:Thank You RCMP Moncton Shooting.jpeg|thumb|right|Local businesses express their gratitude for the RCMP after the suspect for the [[Moncton shooting]] was apprehended.]] In June 2014, three RCMP officers were murdered during the [[Moncton shooting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/three-canadian-officers-killed-spray-gunfire-n123136|title=Three Canadian Officers Killed in Spray of Gunfire|author=Gil Aegerter|work=NBC News|date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref> A review from retired assistant commissioner Alphonse MacNeil in May 2015 issued 64 recommendations, while the RCMP was charged with violating the [[Canada Labour Code]] (CLC) for the slow roll-out of the C8 carbine, which had been recommended by the 2011 Elliott inquiry. The RCMP issued the first carbines in 2013, and with 12,000 members across the country had, as of May 2015, only purchased 2,200.<ref name="aacbc">{{cite news |last1=Auld |first1=Alison |last2=Tutton |first2=Michael |title=Moncton RCMP shooting: Mounties criticize carbine rollout 1 year after rampage |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/moncton-rcmp-shooting-mounties-criticize-carbine-rollout-1-year-after-rampage-1.3094586 |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=CBC |date=May 31, 2015}}</ref> At the CLC trial the Crown argued that the then newly-retired head of the RCMP [[Bob Paulson (police commissioner)|Bob Paulson]] had "played the odds" with officer safety and it proved fatal.<ref name="cbcodds">{{cite news |title=RCMP 'played the odds' with officer safety and it proved fatal, Crown argues |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-trial-final-arguments-1.4186021 |publisher=CBC |date=July 4, 2017}}</ref> One result of the CLC trial was the conviction of the organization that had been led by Paulson for close to seven years.<ref name="cprcmp">{{cite news |title=RCMP guilty of Labour Code violations in 2014 Moncton shooting spree |url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/rcmp-guilty-of-labour-code-violations-in-2014-moncton-shooting-spree/ |agency=Canadian Press |publisher=Maclean's, an arm of St. Joseph Communications |date=September 29, 2017 |access-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622074803/https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/rcmp-guilty-of-labour-code-violations-in-2014-moncton-shooting-spree/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2016, the RCMP issued an apology for harassment, discrimination, and sexual abuse of female officers and civilian members. Additionally, they set aside a $100 million fund to compensate these victims. Over 20,000 current and past female employees who were employed after 1974 are eligible.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harris|first1=Kathleen|title=RCMP could pay up to $100M to female employees who were sexually harassed, abused|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-paulson-compensation-harassment-1.3793785|website=CBC News|access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> In January 2019 of that year, the RCMP enforced an injunction against the Wet’suwet’en first nation, raiding the Unist’ot’en Camp and arresting 14 people. This sparked widespread protests and solidarity actions across Canada after reports surfaced of the use of violence by the RCMP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wetsuweten report, amnesty international |url=https://amnesty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/wetsuweten-report.pdf}}</ref> ====2020s==== In February 2020, The RCMP again enforced the injunction, leading to further arrests and escalating tensions. Rail blockades and other disruptions occurred across the country in support of the Wet’suwet’en. There was widespread condemnation across Canada of the surveillance tactics employed by the RCMP. During one protest, two journalists were arrested by the RCMP during the protests, prompting an investigation by the federal government.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Public Safety |date=2022-05-05 |title=Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Protests |url=https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/trnsprnc/brfng-mtrls/prlmntry-bndrs/20211207/14-en.aspx?wbdisable=true |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.publicsafety.gc.ca}}</ref> The RCMP was further criticized when video footage of officers breaking into the homes of Wet'suwet'en community members and pointing weapons at peaceful protesters surfaced on youtube.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNrfVqQ2Tlk |title=Wet'suwet'en Invasions {{!}} Investigates |date=2022-04-29 |last=APTN News |access-date=2025-01-19 |via=YouTube}}</ref> In audio recordings played in the B.C. supreme court, RCMP officers referred to First Nations opposed to gas pipelines as "orcs" and "ogres".<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKay |first=Jackie |date=Jan 17, 2024 |title=RCMP officers mocked people being arrested at Wet'suwet'en blockade as 'orcs' and 'ogre' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-audio-wetsuweten-coastal-gaslink-1.7086861 |work=CBC}}</ref> On March 10, 2020, Chief [[Allan Adam]] of the [[Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation]] was arrested by two RCMP officers in [[Fort McMurray]], Alberta.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=nytaa>{{Cite news |last1=Porter |first1=Catherine |last2=Bilefsky |first2=Dan |date=June 13, 2020 |title=Video of Arrest of Indigenous Leader Shocks Canada |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/world/canada/Allan-Adam-athabasca-police.html |access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> After several minutes of Chief Adam yelling and posturing at officers, the officers tackled him and punched him in the head whilst struggling with him on the ground. Chief Adam was later charged with resisting arrest and assaulting a peace officer, but the charges were subsequently dropped.<ref>{{Cite news|last=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=June 24, 2020|title=Charges dropped against First Nations Chief Allan Adam in violent arrest|work=[[CBC News]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/allan-adam-athabasca-chipewyan-first-nation-arrest-rcmp-assault-1.5624976|access-date=June 24, 2020}}</ref> After watching the video of the arrest, Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] said, "[w]e have all now seen the shocking video of Chief Adam's arrest and we must get to the bottom of this".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cecco|first=Leyland|date=June 12, 2020|title=First Nations chief shown being punched by Canadian police in video|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/12/canadian-police-punch-first-nations-chief-canada-video-chief-allan-adam|access-date=June 12, 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Tunney|first=Catharine|date=June 12, 2020|title=Trudeau has 'serious questions' after watching video of Chief Adam's arrest|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-adam-arrest-video-1.5609446|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 11, 2020|title=Full dashcam video of Chief Allan Adam's arrest|url=https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1749767747520|website=CBC News}}</ref> Following the revelation of Chief Adam's arrest—as well as several other recent instances in which RCMP officers had assaulted or killed Indigenous people<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 13, 2020|title=Chantel Moore's family calls for justice, public inquiry during healing walk|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/healing-walks-chantel-moore-1.5610194|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref>—RCMP Commissioner [[Brenda Lucki]] stated, after initially demurring on the question, that [[systemic racism]] exists in the RCMP: "I do know that systemic racism is part of every institution, the RCMP included", she said.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tasker|first=John Paul|date=June 12, 2020|title=Systemic racism exists in the RCMP, Commissioner Brenda Lucki says|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/brenda-lucki-systemic-racism-rcmp-1.5610355|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> One day earlier, Trudeau had also stated that "[s]ystemic racism is an issue right across the country, in all our institutions, including in all our police services, including in the RCMP."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tunney|first=Catharine|date=June 11, 2020|title=Systemic racism exists in RCMP, Trudeau argues – after commissioner says she's 'struggling' with the term|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-systemic-racism-lucki-trudeau-1.5607622|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> RCMP Constable Heidi Stevenson was killed while responding to the [[2020 Nova Scotia attacks|Wortman killing spree]] that left 23 dead in [[Nova Scotia]] in April 2020. The political furor that followed engulfed Commissioner Brenda Lucki and her minister, [[Public Safety Minister]] [[Bill Blair (politician)|Bill Blair]].<ref name="ctcbc">{{cite news |last1=Tunney |first1=Catharine |title=Top Mountie denies claim she interfered in N.S. shooting investigation |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/blair-lucki-nova-scotia-shooting-gun-control-1.6496511 |publisher=CBC |date=June 21, 2022}}</ref> The RCMP was strongly criticized for its response to the attacks, the deadliest rampage in Canadian history,<ref name="AP">{{cite news |last=Gillies |first=Rob |url=https://apnews.com/7c9a33ae52420e0ddbfb5275898a7e79 |title=16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history |date=April 19, 2020 |access-date=April 19, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419202425/https://apnews.com/7c9a33ae52420e0ddbfb5275898a7e79|archive-date=April 19, 2020|website=AP News}}</ref> as well as their lack of transparency in the criminal investigation. [[CBC News]]' television program ''[[The Fifth Estate (TV program)|The Fifth Estate]]'' and online newspaper ''[[Halifax Examiner]]'' analyzed the timeline of events, and both observed a myriad of failures and shortcomings in the RCMP response.<ref name=TheFifthEstate>{{cite news|url=https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/nova-scotia-shooting-13-deadly-hours|title=13 deadly hours|publisher=CBC News|last1=McMillan|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Mayor|first2=Lisa|date=November 22, 2020|access-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Growing criticism over how Nova Scotia RCMP warned public about killer|url=https://globalnews.ca/video/6850607/growing-criticism-over-how-nova-scotia-rcmp-warned-public-about-killer/|publisher=Global News|date=April 21, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='An epic failure': The first duty of police is to preserve life; through the Nova Scotia massacre, the RCMP saved no one|url=https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/an-epic-failure-the-first-duty-of-police-is-to-preserve-life-through-the-nova-scotia-massacre-the-rcmp-saved-no-one/|publisher=Halifax Examiner|last=Palango|first=Paul|date=July 18, 2020|access-date=November 24, 2020}}</ref> A criminologist criticized the RCMP's response as "a mess" and called for an overhaul in how the agency [[Active shooter training|responds to active shooter]] situations, after they had failed to properly respond to other such incidents in the past.<ref name=Global.Aftermath>{{cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7514276/nova-scotia-shooting-victim-families-struggle-heal/|title=Emotional aftermath: families of victims in Nova Scotia shooting struggle to heal|publisher=Global News|last1=Leffler|first1=Brennan|last2=Lord|first2=Ross|date=December 12, 2020|access-date=December 14, 2020}}</ref> In the early 2020s, several governments, politicians, and scholars recommended terminating the RCMP's contract policing program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/08/11/the-rcmp-has-an-important-role-to-play-one-that-shouldnt-include-functioning-as-a-provincial-police-force.html|title=The RCMP has an important role to play – one that shouldn't include functioning as a provincial police service|access-date=August 13, 2022|website=Toronto Star|author=Wally Oppal|date=August 11, 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-mcadam-new-brunswick-police-1.6497599|title=McAdam's impatience with Mounties a sign N.B. should rethink reliance on RCMP, profs say|access-date=August 13, 2022|website=CBC News|author=Aidan Cox}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/trnsprnc/brfng-mtrls/trnstn-bndrs/20191120/013/index-en.aspx|title=Contract Policing|access-date=July 10, 2022|website=Government of Canada Briefing Book for the Minister of Public Safety Canada|date=March 18, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-racism-report-committee-1.6068970|title=Ottawa should explore removing Mounties from communities, MPs suggest|access-date=July 10, 2022|website=CBC News}}</ref> Public Safety Minister [[Marco Mendicino]] was mandated to conduct a review of RCMP contract policing when he took office in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-mcadam-new-brunswick-police-1.6497599|title=McAdam's impatience with Mounties a sign N.B. should rethink reliance on RCMP, profs say|access-date=July 10, 2022|website=CBC News}}</ref> In June 2021, Privacy Commissioner of Canada [[Daniel Therrien]] found that the RCMP had broken Canadian privacy law through hundreds of illegal searches using [[Clearview AI]].<ref name=clearview>{{Cite news|last=Boutilier|first=Alex|date=June 8, 2021|title=RCMP broke privacy laws in using controversial Clearview AI facial recognition tools, watchdog says|work=[[Toronto Star]]|url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/06/10/rcmp-broke-privacy-laws-in-using-controversial-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-tools-watchdog-says.html|access-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref> In February 2022, four men were arrested near [[Coutts, Alberta]], for their roles in an [[2022 alleged plot to kill Coutts RCMP officers|alleged conspiracy to kill RCMP officers]] during the [[Canada convoy protest]].<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |last=Tait |first=Carrie |date=September 7, 2022 |title=RCMP used undercover operatives, emergency wiretaps to target border blockade in Coutts, Alta.: court docs |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-rcmp-emergency-wiretaps-coutts-blockade/ |access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref> [[File:Queen Elizabeth II Funeral 19 09 2022-14 (52369485536).jpg|thumb|left|RCMP members leading the funeral procession during the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|state funeral for Elizabeth II]] in [[London]], 2022.]] On September 19, 2022, the RCMP led the procession through London, England, following the [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II]] due to the long-standing special relationship with the Queen.<ref>{{cite web |title=The special role the Canadian Mounties played in Queen Elizabeth II's funeral |website=ctvnews.ca |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/the-special-role-the-canadian-mounties-played-in-queen-elizabeth-ii-s-funeral-1.6074444 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919185407/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/the-special-role-the-canadian-mounties-played-in-queen-elizabeth-ii-s-funeral-1.6074444}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Queen's funeral: Full guide to the gun carriage and the main procession |website=bbc.com |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62941422 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220919145726/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62941422}}</ref> In 2023, the Mass Casualty Commission recommended that the RCMP replace its Depot-based training regime with a more intensive university-style program and that the federal public safety minister review the RCMP's involvement in contract policing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/key-recommendations-of-nova-scotia-mass-shooting-inquiry|title=Key recommendations of Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry|website=National Post}}</ref> Later that year, the force established a new direct-entry program for federal policing candidates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-federal-policing-frontline-flynn-1.6950735|title=RCMP federal policing recruits could soon skip Regina training depot, frontline policing|website=CBC News}}</ref> Those recruited for the program will be required to complete a shorter, more focussed 14-week training curriculum in Ottawa before being posted to a federal policing position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rcmp.ca/en/careers/become-police-officer-with-federal-policing-welcome-federal-policing-recruit-development-program|title=Become a police officer with Federal Policing|website=RCMP}}</ref> As of 2024, the implementation is suspended due to concerns raised by unions.<ref>https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/rcmp-ordered-to-halt-federal-policing-pilot-project</ref> In the early 2020s, the cities of [[Surrey, British Columbia]], and [[Grande Prairie]], [[Alberta]], both established independent municipal police forces to replace the RCMP. In the wake of these decisions, and similar moves by the governments of [[Alberta]] and [[Saskatchewan]] to establish supplementary provincial police services to support (and, according to some critics, eventually replace) the RCMP, Commissioner Mike Duheme indicated that the RCMP was learning how to better manage transitions to local policing from contract policing.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-rcmp-ready-to-facilitate-end-of-contract-policing-commissioner/ | title=RCMP ready to facilitate end of contract policing: Commissioner - The… | newspaper=The Globe and Mail | date=August 18, 2024 | access-date=September 1, 2024 | archive-date=August 19, 2024 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240819104053/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-rcmp-ready-to-facilitate-end-of-contract-policing-commissioner/ | url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Similar transitions have been proposed, debated, or approved in some Alberta First Nations, rural [[Manitoba]], and rural [[New Brunswick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-nb-complaints-part-one-1.7373149|title='Everything is on the table,' Fundy Shores mayor says as communities question RCMP service|website=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cornwallis.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files¤tFolder=%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=2022%20Annual%20Report.pdf|title=Cornwallis Police Board Annual Report - 2022|website=Rural Municipality of Cornwallis}}</ref>
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