Well, I'm not an expert on the RCMP. I've never worked for them and I've never worked at Public Safety, but they are the federal police force. They're also community police forces in many parts of the country, as you know. In terms of their acting as the federal police force, they are there to investigate and pursue violations of almost any federal crime, so largely it's criminal law, but there are other laws that they would act as the enforcement body on. They are often made aware of things, through complaints, referrals or whatever, and they would have preliminary fact-finding. They might pursue a more detailed investigation and they might decide to refer it to the prosecutor for the laying of charges. Those are decisions made within the police force.
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