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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Human interest

Celebrating inspiring stories, acts of heroism and everything in between.

  1. Musical Ride horses find new pastures

    One year in, the RCMP's Divestment of Horses Program has rehomed dozens of Musical Ride horses. Listen to Olela and Viper's stories in the audio story.

    Musical Ride

  1. Former CFL cheerleader now cheers for the RCMP

    Jen James traded in her pom-poms for an RCMP ID card. Listen to our audio story to find out about her experience cheering for the Roughriders, and her current career as a public servant.

  1. RCMP rips lid off barrel murder case

    RCMP investigators preserved and discovered key evidence that led to two first-degree murder convictions in the case of murdered Winnipeg drug dealer Chad Davis whose body was discovered inside a barrel. Read about how their work.

  1. RCMP officer kept stranded air passengers safe on 9/11

    In the early hours after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States, when diverted flights began to arrive at the international airport in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, RCMP Corporal Mike Hall knew what he ha

  1. A seal lays in the back of a pickup truck.

    The wild side of policing

    While people and tactical skills are essential to a policing career, some animal skills can be useful, too.

  1. A line of male and female officers wearing coveralls lead their horses toward a tractor trailer.

    Moving the RCMP Musical Ride

    Each year the RCMP Musical Ride awes cities across Canada. But co-ordinating a cross-country trip with 45 people and 36 horses is no easy task. Here's a step-by-step look at how they get from A to B.

    Musical Ride

  1. Male officer aims and points a pistol to the left in front of a dark background.

    New hope for officers with monocular vision

    When the removal of a tumour on his optic nerve left him blind in one eye, Constable Michael Jaszczyszyn was told he would never return to active duty again. But he didn’t let that seal his fate.

  1. Two RCMP divers pull a bagged drowning victim from the water while male officers retrieve it from a rocky shore.

    Bringing closure for families of drowning victims

    In most Canadian provinces, when a body is lost in the water, RCMP underwater recovery divers like Sergeant Andy Pulo and Corporal John Stringer are ready to search the cold, dark depths to find it.

  1. A snow-covered dog.

    Every second counts in avalanche rescue

    When a person is buried violently underneath metres of snow, avalanche rescue dogs and their handlers must respond rapidly — often in challenging backcountry conditions.

  1. Close-up of a man’s eyes.

    Once-injured officer helps others heal

    The nine-millimetre bullet that blew out RCMP Corporal Tim Belliveau’s left eye hangs from his neck on a gold chain. He uses the flattened piece of metal as a conversation starter about the day that changed his life.

  1. Drawing out suspects

    As part of his job, Constable Alexandre L'Heureux creates a mold of a skull to identify human remains.

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