Royal Canadian Mounted Police


 * "RCMP" and "PMRC" redirect here; for the American music ratings committee known by the acronym "PMRC", see Parents Music Resource Center.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; French: Police montée royale canadienne, PMRC) is the federal law enforcement agency of the Canadian Republic. It is responsible for all law enforcement activities coming under federal jurisdiction, and provides regular policing services on a contract basis to Canada's five territories and most of their constituent local governments.

The RCMP also assists the 13 provinces' provincial police forces and local police agencies (county constabularies) with complex investigations and operations demanding additional resources, such as counterterrorism and gangland operations, missing persons searches and manhunts. The RCMP also guards all international airports and international border crossings, while customs and immigration at such locations are handled by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and regular border patrol by the Royal Canadian Gendarmerie's Border Security Corps (RCG–BSC).

The RCMP is headquartered in Ottawa (which is a separate jurisdiction from the provinces and territories), which has its own police force responsible for local civilian policing, analogous to a county constabulary. The RCMP, while technically permitted to enforce the Criminal Code amongst the citizens of Ottawa, primarily concerns itself with the security of federal government personnel and institutions, and as a federal force engages in operations and investigations as well as assistance to other agencies, and works closely with the Security Intelligence Service, (Canada's premier intelligence and security agency) as well as the Royal Canadian Gendarmerie concerning matters of national security.

The RCMP is the largest law enforcement agency in Canada, with a total of 157,574 employees, 115,119 of whom are sworn constables and 32,455 civilian staff. It has its headquarters in Centreville, Ottawa.