The RCMP is hoping to boost recruitment numbers in marking its upcoming 150th anniversary — even as it comes under damning new scrutiny.
Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are seen during a parade in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth as it makes its way down Wellington St., in Ottawa, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. The RCMP is hoping to boost recruitment numbers in marking its upcoming 150th anniversary — even as the national force's structure and practices come under damning new scrutiny.
Planning documents show that to celebrate, RCMP divisions have been planning to host various gatherings, and thousands of memento cards and special coins have been ordered for members. Spokeswoman Robin Percival says the force intends to mark the anniversary by acknowledging its past and how it continues to modernize, while still emphasizing its pride in its employees.
Jeffrey Monaghan, a Carleton University criminology professor, said the image of the RCMP will be “romanticized” for its upcoming anniversary at a time when its very existence has been called into question. The commission recommended that the RCMP do away with its model of putting recruits through a 26-week training program at its academy in Regina, and instead have provinces establish new degree-based policing programs.
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