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====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>
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