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| Royal Newfoundland Constabulary | |
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| Abbreviation | RNC |
| Motto | "Safer Communities Through Policing Excellence" |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1841 |
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| Employees | 545 (2015, approximately) |
| Annual budget | Total RNC $60,043,208 Total Current $48,454,517 (2012-2013) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
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| The area served by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary | |
| Population | 526,702 |
| Legal jurisdiction | Provincial |
| Governing body | His Majesty in Right of Newfoundland |
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| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 1 Fort Townshend, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Officers | 420 (approximately) |
| Civilians | 125 (approximately) |
| Minister responsible |
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| Agency executive |
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| Facilities | |
| Office or detachments | 6 |
| Website | |
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The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) is the provincial police service for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is one of three provincial police forces in Canada, alongside the Ontario Provincial Police and the Sûreté du Québec. Uniquely, the responsibility for policing in Newfoundland and Labrador is not granted to municipalities. In Ontario and Quebec, the provincial police provide frontline police services only to small communities or at the request of a municipal council; in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Constabulary operates in all communities by default. Since 1949, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have provided police services in the province's rural interior, in place of the RNC.[2]
As of 2023, the Constabulary currently serves or is expanding to serve the northeast Avalon Peninsula (metropolitan St. John's); the Bay of Islands and the Humber Valley (metropolitan Corner Brook); and western Labrador (Churchill Falls, Labrador City, and Wabush).[3][1][4]
- ^ a b Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Act
- ^ "About the RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 2022-07-04.
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