The Shoulder Strap, Seventeenth Edition.

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Object Description

Object Name

Magazine

Object ID

1976.016.008

Title

The Shoulder Strap, Seventeenth Edition.

Date

1947.

Description

A magazine titled "The Shoulder Strap." Under the title it reads, "Issued by Authority of The / British Columbia Provincial Police / Seventeenth Edition / April - September, 1947." The front cover has a black and white photograph of ex-constable William A. Stewart, who is wearing a dark jacket, and a tie, with two medals on his chest. There is some yellow in the title font. The back has 6 advertisements on it.

People/Subject

British Columbia Provincial Police

A provincial Police Force was formed on November 19, 1858, at Fort Langley, B.C., to provide organised law enforcement throughout the newly-formed Crown Colony of British Columbia. The various elements of this Force became the British Columbia Provincial Police in 1871, when British Columbia entered Confederation. A Marine Division was created in 1923 and a new uniform, rank and insignia adopted in 1924. In 1950, the constabulary was absorbed into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

See Also: British Columbia Provincial Police. New Westminster office, British Columbia Provincial Police. Barkerville detachment
Term Source: BCAUL

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Mounties (RCMP) or "Gendarmerie royale du Canada" (GRC), is both the federal police force and the national police of Canada. The RCMP is descended from the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) and the Dominion Police, founded in 1873 and 1868 respectively. The NWMP was given the "Royal" title in 1904, becoming the Royal North West Mounted Police (RNWMP). In 1920, it was renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force when the RNWMP was merged with the Dominion Police. The RCMP acts as the federal police force of Canada, enforcing federal laws. It also has contracts with Canada's three territories and eight of its provinces to serve as their provincial/territorial police force. Most of Canada's provinces, while constitutionally responsible for law and order, prefer to sub-contract policing to the RCMP. They consequently operate under the direction of the provinces in regard to provincial and municipal law enforcement. The exceptions are Ontario, Quebec, and parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, which have retained their own provincial police forces. Additionally, many towns and cities throughout Canada also contract the RCMP to serve as their municipal police force.
See Also: police
Term Source: www.wikipedia.org

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