D Division

The D Division is one of 15 divisions of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and is headquartered in Winnipeg.[3] The division is commanded by Assistant Commissioner Scott Kolody and consists of 1089 police officers and 438 support staff[1]

RCMP "D" Division
Operational structure
Headquarters1091 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Police Constables1089:.[1]
Civilians438[1]
Agency executive
  • Assistant Commissioner Scott Kolody[2], Commanding Officer, "D" Division
Website
http://mb.rcmp.ca/

D Division carries out the RCMP's federal policing responsibilities in Manitoba and at times northwestern Ontario. These duties include combating organized crime,[4] border integrity,[5] and VIP protection, among others.

D Division is also contracted by the Province of Manitoba to act as the provincial police.[6][7] In that role, the division provides front-line policing to towns and rural areas which have not established their own police services.[8] In addition, some municipalities which are responsible under Manitoba law for their own policing have chosen to contract the RCMP to provide that service.[9][10] As a result, the division provides front-line policing services to over 500,000 people spread over nearly all of Manitoba's 650,000 square kilometres, including some of Canada's most remote areas.

Organization

Federal

The division's federal units are almost all based out of the division's headquarters building in Winnipeg, but with an Integrated Border Enforcement Team based out of Altona.

Provincial

The division's provincial policing resources are mainly spread around the province, with some specialty and support units based out of the headquarters building.

The province is divided into three geographical districts; north, west and east, and each is commanded by a Superintendent. The districts are then divided into a total of 87 detachments. Some detachments are amalgamated, pooling resources together to serve a wider area more efficiently. The offices of an amalgamated detachments are referred to as a host and satellite offices.

In addition to detachments, the RCMP maintains community offices in smaller communities which provides office space for RCMP members to use on a temporary basis, and patrol cabins which provide overnight accommodations to RCMP members travelling to remote communities where there is no permanent policing presence.

The following communities have a detachment or satellite office of a larger detachment area[11]

North District

West District

East District

Areas without all-weather road access, instead accessible only by ice road, air, boat,[32] or rail are denoted by a *, while district headquarters are in bold.

Few detachments within the division have the resources to have police officers on-duty 24 hours a day, but instead rely on on-call officers to respond during quieter hours.

Telephone calls to the RCMP within Manitoba are often routed to the Operational Communication Centre, located within the headquarters building.[34] The OCC is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year with telecommunications operators, specialized civilians who are trained to take calls from the public and dispatch police officers.

Support Units

The division houses units composed of police officers trained in specialized policing skills to provide support to the rest of the division or other police services within Manitoba under the division's duties as the provincial police. Some of these units include:

  • Emergency Response Team - providing advanced training and equipment to deal with situations such as armed and barricaded persons or high-risk search warrants[35][36]
  • Explosives Disposal Unit - providing disposal of found explosives and improvised explosive devices, along with chemical, biological, or radiological dissemination devices, and post-blast investigations[37][38]
  • Forensic Identification Services - collecting forensic evidence at crime scenes[39]
  • Search and Rescue - locating lost people in remote areas[40][41]
  • Technological Crime - collecting evidence from technological devices
  • Tactical Troop - providing crowd control
  • Underwater Recovery Team - police diving unit for locating bodies or evidence underwater[42]

Transportation

Policing such a large and often remote area requires presents transportation challenges. While the division employs the use of traditional police cars, the division also has many pick-ups, some equipped to run on train tracks, boats, snowmobiles, quads, and three Pilatus PC-12 aircraft,[43][44] two stationed in Winnipeg and one in Thompson.

References
  1. About D Division
  2. Manitoba’s new RCMP commanding officer a big believer in community engagement
  3. Headquarters
  4. RCMP and Winnipeg police suspend organized-crime and warrant task forces
  5. Border Security
  6. "Profile of Police Services in Manitoba" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  7. The Police Services Act
  8. Manitoba First Nations angry about RCMP contract
  9. "Stonewall RCMP". Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  10. Selkirk RCMP
  11. Find a detachment
  12. "New top cop, same priorities for Flin Flon RCMP""theReminder", 2015-11-28
  13. "Cold and lonely in the deep dark north""Winnipeg Sun", 2012-02-10
  14. "Community liaisons and positive role models: Leaf Rapids RCMP help kids have fun""Thompson Citizen", 2016-02-12
  15. "Moose Lake's new RCMP building""Thompson Citizen", 2012-09-28
  16. "RCMP keeps Norway House nearly crime-free for weekend""Winnipeg Sun", 2013-02-04
  17. "Fire destroys northern reserve's new RCMP detachment""CBC News", 2007-08-14
  18. "My Take on Snow Lake""Thompson Citizen", 2015-10-30
  19. "Father hands command of Manitoba RCMP detachment to son""Global News", 2015-01-13
  20. "Newly promoted RCMP Inspector Kevin Lewis reviews Thompson crime prevention priorities""Thompson Citizen", 2016-08-03
  21. "Wabowden's long-serving jail guard is 81-year-old grandma""CBC News", 2014-10-07
  22. "RCMP officer honoured for community service""CBC News", 2010-06-15
  23. "Former nurse takes command of Carman Area RCMP""pembinatoday.ca", 2009-11-24
  24. "Killarney Detachment Area Has New Boss""DiscoverWestman.com", 2016-08-12
  25. "New RCMP inspector coming""PortageDailyGraphic.com", 2015-01-27
  26. "New RCMP officer in Reston""The Reston Recorder", 2016-10-13
  27. "RCMP staffing levels raise concerns in rural Manitoba""CTV News Winnipeg", 2015-11-12
  28. "New RCMP commander in town""Empire-Advance", 2018-01-25
  29. "Falk Pressing For More RCMP At Emerson To Deal With Crossings By Asylum-Seekers""SteinbachOnline.com", 2017-02-23
  30. "Morris/Emerson RCMP Detachment Fully Staffed""Pembina Valley Online", 2016-02-16
  31. "St Pierre RCMP short staffed""The Carillon", 2014-05-21
  32. A Look Back at Policing in Selkirk
  33. "Steinbach to add new police officer""The Carillon", 2014-04-16
  34. Operational Communication Centre
  35. RCMP Make Multiple Drug Seizures in Northern Manitoba
  36. Two People in Custody After Armed Standoff
  37. School Bomb Threat a Hoax
  38. Guido Amsel Bombing Trial
  39. Forensic Identification Section at crime scene
  40. Search and Rescue
  41. SARMAN History
  42. Underwater Recovery Team
  43. C-GMPP
  44. C-FMPK
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