Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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 also regularly assists provincial/territorial police and local agencies with complex operations and investigations, such as 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 and regular border patrol by the Royal Canadian Gendarmerie.

Policing below the federal level in Canada's provinces and territories is handled by the respective provincial/territorial police, while policing at the local government level is handled by county constabularies or on a contract basis by the respective provincial police; within the six territories, there exist no local law enforcement agencies, with the territorial police responsible for all local policing as well. The federal capital of Ottawa, which is not part of any province or territory, has its own police service for all non-federal law enforcement matters. Therefore, the RCMP only concerns itself with federal operations and investigations and assistance to other agencies, the former of which is handled primarily by RCMP "A" Directorate, which works closely with the Security Intelligence Service (SIS), (Canada's premier intelligence and security agency) concerning matters of domestic and foreign national security.

The RCMP is the largest law enforcement agency in Canada, with a total of 85,565 employees, 74,119 of whom are sworn constables and 11,446 civilian staff.