Abstract
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a history almost as long as that of Canada. Canada was established on July 1, 1867, and the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) was established by a Government Order-in-Council on August 30, 1873. Some six months later, the first Force recruiting poster was distributed with a statement of the following qualifications:
“Candidates must be active, able-bodied men of thorough sound constitution and exemplary character. They should be able to ride well, and to read and write either the English or French language”.
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Loo, R., Meredith, C. (1986). Recruit Selection in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In: Yuille, J.C. (eds) Police Selection and Training. NATO ASI Series, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4434-3_1
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