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Alexander Clarkson @APHClarkson
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The RCMP is not under the control of the Ministry of Defence, but like the German Bundespolizei if fulfills a range of tasks covered by forces such as the Gendarmerie, Carabinieri or Royal Marechaussee
The RCMP's origins in the North-West Mounted Police were as a paramilitary force to cover policing as well as military tasks in enforce order in Canada's Western provinces after the first Riel Rebellion. During the second Riel Rebellion if fought as a military unit
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