The D Division is the division of the

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responsible for federal policing in

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and, at times,

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. Headquartered in

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, the division is commanded by Assistant Commissioner Scott McMurchy and consists of 1089 police officers and 438 support staff.About D Division
/ref> As one of the 15 divisions of the RCMP, the D Division's federal policing duties include combating

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, border integrity, and VIP protection, among others. D Division is also contracted by the Province of Manitoba to act as the provincial police.The Police Services Act
/ref> In that role, the division provides front-line policing to towns and rural areas which have not established their own police services. In addition, some municipalities which are responsible under Manitoba law for their own policing have chosen to contract the RCMP to provide that service.Selkirk RCMP
/ref> 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.

History

The D Division was created around 1874 by the

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(NWMP)—predecessor of the

(RCMP)—when its 275 officers and men were divided into six troops (i.e., divisions), identified by letters 'A' through 'F'. Initially located in Fort Dufferin,

, D Division was stationed at the following locations between 1876 and 1919:

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(1876-1877), Shoal Lake (1878-1879),

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(1880-1886), Fort Macleod (1886),

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(1887-1889), and Fort Macleod (1889-1919). In 1919, D Division was assigned to

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, where it remains today. In 1932, the RCMP moved into a building on Winnipeg's

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that was constructed in 1927 as a home for the

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's William Booth Territorial Training College. The building was eventually replaced by the structure that stands today as the D Division headquarters. This new facility was opened between 31 May and 1 June 1979, and cost around $12 million.

Detachments

The RCMP in Manitoba provides policing services via 80 detachments, about 1000 regular members, and about 450 civilian and public service employees. 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 policing

The

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contracts the RCMP D Division to act as the provincial police. In that role, the division provides front-line policing to

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and

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which have not established their own police services. In addition, some municipalities that are responsible under Manitoba law for their own policing have chosen to contract the RCMP to provide that service. As a result, the division provides front-line policing services to over 500,000 people spread over nearly all of Manitoba's , including some of Canada's most remote areas. 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 80 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. The division's provincial policing resources are mainly spread around the province, with some specialty and support units based out of the headquarters building. 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. 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. 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. (

is home to the Manitoba Headquarters on

, as well as the

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detachment.) ''Areas without all-weather road access, instead accessible only by

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, air, boat, or rail are denoted by a *, while district headquarters are in bold.''

North District

* Chemawawin (office in Easterville) * Churchill* *

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* Cross Lake *

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* Gillam * Gods Lake Narrows* *

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* Island Lake* (office in Stevenson Island) *

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* Moose Lake * Nelson House *

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* * Shamattawa* * Snow Lake *

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* Thompson * Wabowden

West District

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* Boissevain * Brandon (office in RM of Cornwallis) * Carberry *

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(also serves Altona) * Dauphin (also serves Ethelbert and Grandview) * Deloraine * Elphinstone * Hamiota *

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(also serves Crystal City) * Melita * Minnedosa *

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* Reston * Roblin * Russell (also serves Rossburn * Russell) * Shoal Lake * Souris * Ste. Rose du Lac (also serves

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) * Swan River * Treherne * Virden *

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East District

* Arborg * Ashern * Beausejour * Berens River* * Bloodvein * Emerson *

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* Fisher Branch * Gimli * Grand Marais (office in RM of St. Clements) *

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* Lac du Bonnet *

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* * Lundar *

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* Oakbank * Peguis (office in Fisher Branch) *

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* Poplar River* * Powerview *

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(formerly East St. Paul) * SelkirkA Look Back at Policing in Selkirk
/ref> * Sprague * St. Pierre-Jolys * Steinbach * Stonewall * Teulon * Whitemouth *

Former detachments

* Altona — this area is now served by the detachment in

(west district) * Crystal City — this area is now served by the detachment in

(west district) * Ethelbert — this area is now served by the detachment in Dauphin (west district) *

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— this area is now served by the detachment in

(west district) * Grandview — this area is now served by the detachment in Dauphin (west district) *

— this area is now served by the detachment in Ste. Rose du Lac (west district) *

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— policing transferred to the Manitoba First Nations Police Service in 2021 * Rossburn — this area is now served by the detachment in Russell (west district)

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 *Explosives Disposal Unit — providing disposal of found explosives and improvised explosive devices, along with chemical, biological, or radiological dissemination devices, and post-blast investigations *Forensic Identification Services — collecting

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at crime scenes *Search and Rescue — locating lost people in remote areas; Search and Rescue Manitoba (SARMAN) is a shared responsibility between D Division, Manitoba's Office of the Fire Commissioner, and the Emergency Measures Organization. *Technological Crime — collecting evidence from technological devices *Tactical Troop — providing

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*Underwater Recovery Team — police diving unit for locating bodies or evidence underwater

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

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aircraft,C-FMPK
/ref> two stationed in Winnipeg and one in Thompson.

References

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