Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; French: Police montée royale canadienne, PMRC) is the federal and national police agency of the Canadian Republic. It is responsible for all law enforcement activities coming under federal jurisdiction, and provides local policing on a contract basis to Canada's four territories and their constituent municipalities, as well as to the municipal government of the federal capital city of Ottawa; the RCMP also guards all international airports and international border crossings, while customs and immigration are handled by a separate agency.

Policing below the federal level in Canada's twelve provinces is handled by provincial police forces as well as by local county- or municipal-level police in many large urban areas. However, as criminal law in Canada is entirely federal in nature, RCMP constables have jurisdiction as a peace officer in all parts of Canada.

The RCMP also has a directorate responsible for matters of national security, known as "A" Directorate, which works closely with the CSIS, Canada's premier security and intelligence agency.