-Mario- wrote:
Technically the RCMP would have been the first regiment since their role was a military like mandate (Mid seventeen hundreds). They were later split and reassign policing duty and officially became the RCMP in 1874 (or something like that).
Mario - I don't really follow your reasoning here at all ... especially the reference to the mid 1700's.
The North West Mounted Police (which later became the RCMP) was first established in 1873, and to my knowledge was not converted from any other unit .....
