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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
I know at the time of the Mad Trapper incident back pre-WW2 the RCMP (or was it NWTMP at that time?) had First Nations special constables. Perhaps that practice/policy is revived and expanded post TDM.
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It was the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, but by the time of Mad Trapper incident it was the RCMP; created in 1920. The RCMP First Nations Community Policing Service was created in 1991 to replace the Indian Special Constable Program, but was still staffed by Special Constables. Today, in Canada the term Special Constable does not signify a police volunteer. Instead, they are sworn-in and employed by Police Services, law enforcement agencies or the provincial ministry responsible for law enforcement to undertake specific duties many of which require the powers of a police officer, such as University, Housing, and Transit Constables. Also Special Constables are generally not armed with firearms.