The North West Mounted Police by

Michelle1- Changing Faces in the Police Force

michellehc002 — 2014-02-14 21:26:31 UTC

Then: Men must face certain requirements to join the troops (height/weight policy, read/write in English or French,experience with horse back riding and much more). Woman only dealed with female suspects or worked as lab technicians.

Now: Women and men that applied must complete a physical task. The first all female group graduated in 1975. The first all Aboriginal group completed their training in 1991. In 1990, Baltej Singh Dillion fought for Sikhs to wear turbans in the police force and later on won.

Questions...

michellehc002 — 2014-02-14 21:49:58 UTC

1.)The criteria that should be used to hire officers today should be based on their experience in the past and communication/physical skills. A good officer must learn to communicate well with different groups to people which will make negotiating and solving problems easier.

2.) The importance of a uniform is to confirm the identity of the officer or the country they work for. Dress may interfere with a person's ability to do a job because many people have negative relationships with other counties around them. This can lead to further arguing or lack of respect.

3.)Roles the RCMP should have in the future may include: enforcing federal laws and working with different religious groups to deal with their concerns.

Alyessa1 -The whisky trade

2014-02-15 01:56:23 UTC

-The NWMP had to control the illegal whisky trade in the Prairies. Merchants were supplying low-quality alcohol and the liquor consumption led to increased violence in the west. Whisky trade was harmful to the First Nations's lives (they did not have any access to alcohol until the Europeans arrived).

Alyessa2 -Promises to the BlackFoot

2014-02-15 02:01:42 UTC

-Minister John McDougell was sent into the BlackFoot Territory and promised : NWMP would end the crimes and that everyone would be treated equally in the perspective of the law. The First Nations were glad that the crimes would end and that they would be treated fairly.

Fayaz 1-The North West Mounted Police

2014-02-17 03:37:10 UTC

The North West Mounted Police or NWMP was created in 1873. The U.S. Calvary wore blue uniforms to distinguish them from their American counterparts (they wore bright red uniforms). Around 1874 hundreds of NWMP officers headed west. They went all over the region and built a number of forts in which they would live in.

Anthony1-Preventing "Indian Wars"

2014-02-17 04:13:23 UTC

In the western U.S during the 1800's, Americans experienced a lot of conflict between the settlers and Native Americans. The battles these two groups participated in were called the "Indian Wars." The NWMP was credited of preventing large-scale violence and did so by creating friendships with the First Nations people, building forts and controlling the whisky trade.

Anthony1-The Royal Canadian Mounted Police(RCMP)

2014-02-17 04:25:08 UTC

The NWMP is the forerunner of the RCMP and in 1920, established its new name. To this day, the RCMP is the largest police force in Canada with around 26 000 officers and civilian employees. the RCMP's duties include enforcing Canada's federal laws.