3 Facts About Police Service

1. In Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Service are the federal police, while municipalities can decide whether to run a local police service or to contract local policing duties to a larger one.

2. The US Secret Police Service was founded in 1865 and was for some time the main investigative body for the federal government.

3. The Federal Railroad Police Service was created in 1852, Federal Highway Police, was established in 1928, and Federal Police in 1967.