The RCMP

The Men in Red, riding on horses, men (and women) of story and song. Made famous during the twenties and thirties and beyond on radio shows and in film and song, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police became well known to both Canadian and American audiences through movies such as Steele of the Royal Mounted made in 1925 and King of the Royal Mounted made in 1936. All in all, approximately 31 movies and shows were made about the RCMP.

Of course, the movies, books and radio shows have only showed a little bit of what the Royal Canadian Mounted Police did long ago and what they do today. Long ago they were responsible for maintaining control of the western part of Canada, looked after the Yukon during the gold rush and more recently they are responsible for sexual assualts, dealing with Canada's most wanted criminals and the like. It might be said that the RCMP fill somewhat of the same jobs and duties that the United State's FBI does. Are the two comparible? Possibly.

But no matter what they are doing have done in the past, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police do a great service to the citizens of Canada.