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Record 1 - external organization data 2022-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

Order of precedence of ranks for regular members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: (a) Commissioner; (b) Deputy Commissioner; (c) Assistant Commissioner; (d) Chief Superintendent; (e) Superintendent; (f) Inspector; (g) Corps Sergeant-Major; (h) Sergeant-Major; (i) Staff Sergeant-Major; (j) Staff Sergeant; (k) Sergeant; (l) Corporal; (m) Constable.

OBS

Before 1878, at the time of the North-West Mounted Police (N.W.M.P.), all police ranks were constables, whereas the officers had military names borrowed from the Irish Constabulary. While the latter have remained, the Constable ranks have evolved: "Sub-Constable" corresponds to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) "Constable" of today, "Acting Constable" has become "Corporal"; "Constable" corresponds to "Sergeant," and "Staff Constable" to "Staff Sergeant." Officer ranks are no longer military ranks after 1878. All ranks are now police ranks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

Ordre de préséance des grades des membres réguliers de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada : a) commissaire; b) sous-commissaire; c) commissaire adjoint; d) surintendant principal; e) surintendant; f) inspecteur; g) sergent-major du corps; h) sergent-major; i) sergent-major d’état-major; j) sergent d’état-major; k) sergent; l) caporal; m) gendarme.

OBS

Avant 1878, à l'époque de la Police à cheval du Nord-Ouest (P.C.N.-O.), on distinguait, d'une part, les grades policiers et, d'autre part, les grades militaires (tirés de la terminologie de l'Irish Constabulary contemporaine). Si les grades d'officiers n'ont pour ainsi dire pas changé depuis, tous les grades inférieurs étaient composés du générique «constable» : «sous-constable» correspond au gendarme actuel, «constable intérimaire» au grade de caporal, «constable» à celui de sergent et «constable d'état-major» à celui de sergent d'état-major. Il n'existe plus aujourd'hui de grades militaires à proprement parler. Après 1878, tous les grades sont des grades policiers.

OBS

sergents; sergentes; serg. : pluriel.

OBS

sgt; sgte : anciennes abréviations au singulier dans lesquelles les lettres «gt» et «gte» suivant la lettre «s» se placent en exposant.

OBS

sgts; sgtes : anciennes abréviations au pluriel dans lesquelles les lettres «gts» et «gtes» suivant la lettre «s» se placent en exposant.

Spanish

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