Abbreviation: RCMP. Canada's national police force. They are known for their red uniforms and horse riding. They are the only police force in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and all provinces except Quebec and Ontario ask the RCMP for cooperation in strengthening their provincial police forces. When they were founded in 1873, they were called the Northwest Mounted Police (nicknamed the Mounties), and as they are known, they originally began by placing 300 officers at Fort MacLeod in Alberta to crack down on the vast Rupertsland, which was annexed to Canada in 1869, and especially to crack down on American merchants who were smuggling whiskey across the border. It is said that the Mounties were responsible for maintaining order and security in the Canadian west, compared to the American west. In 1920, they became the national police force with jurisdiction over the whole of Canada, changed their name to their current one, and moved their headquarters to Ottawa. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
略称 RCMP。カナダの国家警察。赤い制服と乗馬姿で親しまれている。ユーコンおよび北西 (ノースウェスト) 准州においては唯一の警察力であり,ケベックとオンタリオを除く各州では,RCMPに州警察力強化のため協力を求めている。 1873年に創設されたときには北西部騎馬警察 (愛称マウンティ) という名であったことから知られるように,元来は 69年にカナダに編入された広大なルーパーツランドの治安,特に国境を越えてウイスキーを密売するアメリカからの商人を取締るために,現在のアルバータ州,マクリオド砦に 300名を配置したことに始った。アメリカの西部開拓に比べてカナダの西部開拓に秩序と治安が保たれたのは,マウンティの功績とされる。 1920年カナダ全域を管轄する国家警察となり,名称も現在のものに変更され本拠をオタワへ移した。
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