R.C.M.P. - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, organized in 1873 as the Northwest Mounted Police, to bring law and order to the Canadian frontier. It became known as the R.C.M.P. in 1920 and acts as the country's federal police force in all provinces except Ontario and Quebec, who have their own provincial law enforcement authorities.  The R.C.M.P. investigates such  major crimes such as money laundering, counterfeiting, organized crime, drug offenses, etc.

• Richard Simmons starred as Sgt. Preston, a dedicated mounted police officer in the adventure series SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON/CBS/1955-58.

• On the lighter side, the animated cartoon THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY DORIGHT on THE BULLWINKLE SHOW/NBC/1961-62 featured a noble Mountie (voice of Bill Scott) whose girlfriend loved his horse.

• In the 1990s Paul Gross starred as a straight-as-an-arrow Canadian Mountie who teamed with a streetwise Chicago cop on the crime drama DUE SOUTH/CBS/1994-96/SYN/1997-98.

TRIVIA NOTE: The R.C.M.P. motto (commonly thought to be "We always gets our man") is actually "Maintiens le droit" (Uphold or Maintain the Right).