Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
| Royal Newfoundland Constabulary | |
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| Abbreviation | RNC |
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| Motto | "Safer Communities Through Policing Excellence" |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1841 |
| Preceding agency | Newfoundland Constabulary (1729) |
| Employees | 545 (2015) - 420 sworn members and 125 civilian members |
| Annual budget |
Total RNC $60,043,208 Total Current $48,454,517 (2012-2013) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
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| Map of Royal Newfoundland Constabulary's jurisdiction. | |
| Population | 526,702 |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 1 Fort Townshend, St. John's |
| officers | 420 |
| civilians | 125 |
| Minister responsible | The Honourable Darin King, Minister of Justice and Public Safety |
| Agency executive | Bill Janes, Chief |
| Facilities | |
| Office or Detachments | 7 |
| Website | |
| www.rnc.gov.nl.ca | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
Total RNC $60,043,208
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) is a police force in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It provides policing to the communities of St. John's and the Northeast Avalon Peninsula, Corner Brook, Churchill Falls, Labrador City, and Wabush.
The RNC dates back to 1729, with the appointment of the first police constables. In the 19th century, the RNC was modelled after the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) with the secondment in 1844 of Timothy Mitchell of the Royal Irish Constabulary to be Inspector General, making it the oldest civil police force in North America. Mitchell served as Inspector General and Superintendent of Police until 1871, when the Newfoundland Constabulary was reorganized with a new Police Act.
Other officers recruited from the RIC to take command of the Newfoundland force included Thomas J. Foley, who served from 1871 to 1873, Paul Carty, who headed the RNC from 1873–1895, and John Roche McGowen, who served as constabulary Inspector General from 1895-1908.
In January 1909, John J. Sullivan became the first Newfoundland-born police chief of the RNC. He held that post until September, 1917.
During World War II, the RNC pursued spies and criminal elements in the foreign military stationed at St. John's. Their investigation into the 1942 Knights of Columbus Hostel fire has become popular knowledge.
In 1979, Queen Elizabeth II of Canada conferred the designation Royal on the Newfoundland Constabulary, in recognition of its long history of service to Newfoundland and Labrador.
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