North-West Mounted Police

  • May 1, 1873

    In Cypress Hill, Saskatchewan 36 Nakota men, woman and children were murdered by whisky traders
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  • December 11, 1885

    By 1885 the Noth-West Mounted Police had 1000 men
  • August1, 1900

    Aylesworth Bowen Perry was named commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police
  • April 11, 1904

    The North-West Mounted Police became the Royal North-West Mounted Police
  • December 11, 1916

    The Royal North-West Mounted Police purchased its first car
  • December 1, 1920

    The Royal North-West Mounted Police became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • September 10, 1935

    The RCMP started using German Shepherds
  • August 11, 1939

    Police cars were being instaled with radios