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AUXILARY POLICING
Background
- Program first introduced to provinces in 1963
- Restricted to provinces/territories which have policing contracts
with the RCMP and have provincial legislation providing for the appointment
of auxiliaries.
- Active auxiliary programs currently in place in Newfoundland, New
Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Manitoba, British
Columbia, and Saskatchewan.
- Approximately 2,400 auxiliary members are currently in the program.
- General policy guidelines are issued from Headquarters. Divisions,
in co-operation with the provincial governments, are responsible for
organizing and administering the program.
- All costs associated with the program are the responsibility of the
provincial government.
- Uniforms are supplied by the RCMP and costs charged back to the provinces.
Role
- Auxiliary members are unpaid volunteers authorized to accompany regular
members on patrol and perform other police functions under supervision,
including office duties, special events, property checks and traffic
and crowd control.
- They often assist regular members during peacetime emergencies and
searches for lost persons.
- Applicants for the RCMP auxiliary constable program are identified
in the communities and must meet basic requirements.
- Auxiliary members wear a uniform with shoulder badges with the word
"Auxiliary".
- Since they are not RCMP employees, they are not entitled to the normal
benefits and privileges of regular members.
- Participants will be covered by insurance against injury and civil
liability and will have completed the approved RCMP training program
for auxiliary constables.
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