CINXE.COM
Federal Policing | Royal Canadian Mounted Police
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" dir="ltr" prefix="content: http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/ dc: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ foaf: http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/ og: http://ogp.me/ns# rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema# schema: http://schema.org/ sioc: http://rdfs.org/sioc/ns# sioct: http://rdfs.org/sioc/types# skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# xsd: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema# "> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TNYEG6MGVR"></script> <script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments)};gtag("js", new Date());gtag("set", "developer_id.dMDhkMT", true);gtag("config", "G-TNYEG6MGVR", {"groups":"default","page_placeholder":"PLACEHOLDER_page_location"});gtag("config", "G-L5W4TQ3146", {"groups":"default","page_placeholder":"PLACEHOLDER_page_location"});</script> <link rel="canonical" href="https://rcmp.ca/en/federal-policing"> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Royal Canadian Mounted Police"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://rcmp.ca/en/federal-policing"> <meta property="og:title" content="Federal Policing"> <meta name="MobileOptimized" content="width"> <meta name="HandheldFriendly" content="true"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta property="og:image" content="http://rcmp.ca/themes/contrib/poweb/assets/og-default.png"> <link rel="icon" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/favicon.ico" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon"> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://rcmp.ca/en/federal-policing"> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="fr" href="https://rcmp.ca/fr/police-federale"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes"> <title>Federal Policing | Royal Canadian Mounted Police</title> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/ajax-progress.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/align.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/autocomplete-loading.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/fieldgroup.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/container-inline.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/clearfix.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/details.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/hidden.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/item-list.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/js.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/nowrap.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/position-container.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/progress.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/reset-appearance.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/resize.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/sticky-header.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/system-status-counter.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/system-status-report-counters.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/system-status-report-general-info.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/tabledrag.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/tablesort.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/system/css/components/tree-child.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/modules/views/css/views.module.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/modules/contrib/paragraphs/css/paragraphs.unpublished.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/css/base.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/css/layout.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/css/components.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/css/messages-basic.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/css/tabs.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/wet-boew/css/polyfills/datalist.min.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/wet-boew/css/polyfills/datepicker.min.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/wet-boew/css/polyfills/details.min.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/wet-boew/css/polyfills/mathml.min.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/wet-boew/css/polyfills/meter.min.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/wet-boew/css/polyfills/progress.min.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/wet-boew/css/polyfills/slider.min.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/css/theme.min.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/css/globals.css?suejpu"> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/css/node.css?suejpu"> <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/themes/contrib/poweb/favicon.ico"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/themes/contrib/poweb/favicon-mobile.png" sizes="48x48"> <noscript> <link href="/themes/contrib/poweb/wet-boew/css/noscript.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> </noscript> <script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v6.5.0/js/all.js" defer crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v6.5.0/js/v4-shims.js" defer crossorigin="anonymous"></script> </head> <body class="cnt-wdth-lmtd" resource="#wb-webpage" typeof="WebPage" vocab="http://schema.org/"> <!-- Header region (admin nav menu) --> <!-- Body region (content and related navs) --> <div class="dialog-off-canvas-main-canvas" data-off-canvas-main-canvas> <div id="page" > <!-- ______________________ HEADER _______________________ --> <div> <div id="block-skiptomaincontent-2" class="block-block-content block-skiptomaincontent-2"> <nav> <ul id="wb-tphp"> <li class="wb-slc"> <a class="wb-sl" href="#wb-cont">Skip to main content</a> </li> <li class="wb-slc"> <a class="wb-sl" href="#wb-info">Skip to "About this site"</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> <header class='mrgn-tp-0'> <div class="container" id="wb-bnr"> <div class="row"> <div> <div id="block-brand" class="block-block-content block-brand"> <div class="brand col-xs-9 col-sm-5 col-md-4" property="publisher" resource="#wb-publisher" typeof="GovernmentOrganization"> <a href="https://rcmp.ca/en" property="url"><img alt="Royal Canadian Mounted Police" property="logo" src="/themes/contrib/poweb/assets/sig-blk-en.svg"> <span class="wb-inv">/ <span lang="fr">Gendarmerie royale du Canada</span></span></a> <meta content="Royal Canadian Mounted Police" property="name"> <meta content="Canada" property="areaServed" typeof="Country"> <link href="/themes/contrib/poweb/assets/wmms-blk.svg" property="logo"> </div> </div> <section class="col-xs-3 col-sm-12 pull-right text-right" id="wb-lng"> <h2 class="wb-inv">Language selection</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <a lang="fr" hreflang="fr" href="https://grc.ca/fr/police-federale"> <span class="hidden-xs">Français</span> <abbr title="Français" class="visible-xs h3 mrgn-tp-sm mrgn-bttm-0 text-uppercase">FR</abbr> </a> </div> </div> </section> <div id="block-search" class="block-block-content block-search"> <section class="col-lg-offset-4 col-md-offset-4 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-4" id="wb-srch"> <h2>Search</h2> <form action="https://www.canada.ca/en/royal-canadian-mounted-police/search.html#wb-land" id="cse-search-box" method="get" name="cse-search-box" role="search"> <div class="form-group wb-srch-qry"> <label class="wb-inv" for="wb-srch-q">Search RCMP.ca</label> <input class="wb-srch-q form-control" id="wb-srch-q" list="wb-srch-q-ac" maxlength="170" name="q" placeholder="Search RCMP.ca" size="34" type="search" value=""> <datalist id="wb-srch-q-ac"></datalist> </div> <div class="form-group submit"> <button class="btn btn-primary btn-small" id="wb-srch-sub" name="wb-srch-sub" type="submit"><span class="glyphicon-search glyphicon"></span><span class="wb-inv">Search</span></button> </div> </form> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="app-bar"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <section class="col-xs-12"> <h2 class="h3 mrgn-tp-sm mrgn-bttm-sm"> Royal Canadian Mounted Police </h2> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div id="block-breadcrumbs--2" class="block-system block-breadcrumbs--2"> <nav id="wb-bc" property="breadcrumb" aria-labelledby="system-breadcrumb"> <h2 id="system-breadcrumb" class="visually-hidden wb-inv"> You are here: </h2> <div class="container"> <ol class="breadcrumb"> <li> <a href="/en"><abbr>RCMP</abbr>.ca</a> </li> </ol> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </header> <!-- /#navigation --> <!-- ______________________ MAIN _______________________ --> <div id="content-header" class="container"> <div id="highlighted"> <div> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- /#content-header --> <!-- #wb-main --> <main property="mainContentOfPage" resource="#wb-main" typeof="WebPageElement"> <div> <div> <div id="block-poweb-content--3" class="block-system block-poweb-content--3"> <section id="landing-page"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <h1 id="wb-cont" property="name">Federal Policing</h1> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <p>Federal Policing protects Canada, its people, and its interests against the greatest domestic and international criminal threats, including risks to national security, transnational and serious organized crime, and cybercrime.</p> <p>Federal Policing is a core responsibility of the <abbr>RCMP</abbr> that is carried out in every province and territory in Canada, as well as internationally.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-6 mrgn-tp-sm hidden-sm hidden-xs provisional gc-topic-bg"> <div> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/landing_image_825x200/public/rcmp-fp-grc-pf.jpg?h=d48fdab5&itok=ye649VAK" alt="" /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <section class="gc-srvinfo"> <h2 class="wb-inv">Services and information</h2> <div class="row wb-eqht-grd"> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/federal-policing/border-integrity">Border integrity</a></h3> <p>Secures Canada's borders against criminal threats like smuggling drugs, firearms, and illegal migration.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/federal-policing/cybercrime">Cybercrime</a></h3> <p>Investigates and disrupts major cyber threats targeting the government, critical infrastructure, businesses, and institutions.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/federal-policing/economic-and-financial-crime">Economic and financial crime</a></h3> <p>Upholds Canada's economic security from crimes like money laundering, corruption, fraud, and market manipulation.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/federal-policing/international-policing">International policing</a></h3> <p>Making our world safer by deploying resources globally, enhancing ties with law enforcement agencies, and detecting threats pre-emptively.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/federal-policing/intelligence">Intelligence</a></h3> <p>Guides federal and international criminal investigations through collection, analysis, and reporting.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/federal-policing/national-security">National security</a></h3> <p>Collaborating to protect Canada from threats like espionage, foreign influence and activities leading to government destruction or overthrow.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/federal-policing/protective-policing">Protective Policing</a></h3> <p>Safeguards Canada's democratic institutions and protecting designated individuals, sites, and events.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/sensitive-and-international-investigations">Sensitive and international investigations</a></h3> <p>Investigates sensitive, high-risk matters that threaten Canada's political, economic, and social integrity at home and abroad.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/federal-policing/serious-and-organized-crime">Serious and organized crime</a></h3> <p>Combats criminal networks engaged in illegal activities, such as illegal trafficking, smuggling and proliferation of illicit goods and technologies.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/federal-policing/witness-protection-program">Witness Protection Program</a></h3> <p>Safeguards individuals who have assisted police or the courts and may be at risk.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <h3><a href="/en/careers-rcmp/become-police-officer-with-federal-policing-before-you-apply">Federal Policing careers</a></h3> <p>Federal Policing protects Canada, its people, and its interests against the greatest domestic and international criminal threats. Are you interested in a career in Federal Policing?</p> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <!-- page details --> <div class="pagedetails container"> <div class="row"> </div> <dl id="wb-dtmd"> <dt> Date modified: </dt> <dd> <time property="dateModified"> 2024-12-17 </time> </dd> </dl> </div> <!-- end page details --> </div> </main> <!-- /#wb-main --> <!-- ______________________ FOOTER _______________________ --> <footer id="wb-info"> <div> <div id="block-footerrcmp--3" class="block-block-content block-footerrcmp--3"> <div class="gc-main-footer"> <div class="container"> <nav> <h3 class="wb-gld">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</h3> <ul class="list-col-xs-1 list-col-sm-2 list-col-md-3"> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/contact-rcmp">All contacts</a></li> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/news">News</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/about-rcmp">About the <abbr>RCMP</abbr></a></li> </ul> <h4 class="wb-gld"><span class="wb-inv">Services and information</span></h4> <ul class="list-unstyled colcount-sm-2 colcount-md-3"> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/careers-rcmp">Careers</a></li> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/criminal-records/criminal-record-checks">Criminal record checks</a></li> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/firearms">Firearms</a></li> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/missing-persons">Missing persons</a></li> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/federal-policing">Federal Policing</a></li> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/gazette">Gazette</a></li> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/corporate-information/rcmp-locations">Locations</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/indigenous-policing">Indigenous policing</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/youth-safety/">Youth safety</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div id="block-footerbottom-2--3" class="block-block-content block-footerbottom-2--3"> <div class="gc-sub-footer"> <div class="container d-flex align-items-center"> <nav> <h3 class="wb-inv">Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporate</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/corporate-information/social-media">Social media</a></li> <li><a href="https://rcmp.ca/en/terms-and-conditions">Terms and conditions</a></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="wtrmrk align-self-end"><img src="/themes/contrib/poweb/assets/wmms-blk.svg" alt="Symbol of the Government of Canada"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <!-- /.layout-container --> </div> <!-- Footer region --> <script type="application/json" data-drupal-selector="drupal-settings-json">{"path":{"baseUrl":"\/","scriptPath":null,"pathPrefix":"en\/","currentPath":"node\/22","currentPathIsAdmin":false,"isFront":false,"currentLanguage":"en"},"pluralDelimiter":"\u0003","suppressDeprecationErrors":true,"google_analytics":{"account":"G-TNYEG6MGVR","trackOutbound":true,"trackMailto":true,"trackTel":true,"trackDownload":true,"trackDownloadExtensions":"7z|aac|arc|arj|asf|asx|avi|bin|csv|doc(x|m)?|dot(x|m)?|exe|flv|gif|gz|gzip|hqx|jar|jpe?g|js|mp(2|3|4|e?g)|mov(ie)?|msi|msp|pdf|phps|png|ppt(x|m)?|pot(x|m)?|pps(x|m)?|ppam|sld(x|m)?|thmx|qtm?|ra(m|r)?|sea|sit|tar|tgz|torrent|txt|wav|wma|wmv|wpd|xls(x|m|b)?|xlt(x|m)|xlam|xml|z|zip","trackDomainMode":1},"rcmp_stats":{"data":{"nid":"22"},"url":"\/rcmp_stats\/record_view"},"poweb":{"jsonUploadedData":{"notice":"field_json_upload is empty or does not exist"}},"user":{"uid":0,"permissionsHash":"ba7d1721f71cecfa9ff667c26005d444359d98beaf1689b55f68ac3ac47739de"}}</script> <script src="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js?v=3.6.3"></script> <script src="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/misc/drupalSettingsLoader.js?v=9.5.11"></script> <script src="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/misc/drupal.js?v=9.5.11"></script> <script src="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/core/misc/drupal.init.js?v=9.5.11"></script> <script src="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/wet-boew/js/wet-boew.js?v=1.x1.0"></script> <script src="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/themes/contrib/poweb/js/theme.min.js?v=1.x1.0"></script> <script src="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/modules/contrib/google_analytics/js/google_analytics.js?v=9.5.11"></script> <script src="https://mpupcdrupalwxtappcdne.azureedge.net/modules/custom/rcmp_stats/rcmp_stats.js?v=9.5.11"></script> </body> </html>