Royal Canadian Mounted Police Protective Policing

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The Protective Policing Service (French: Services de police de protection), operated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provides security details for domestic and foreign VIPs when abroad.

History

In October 2022, concerns were raised that the RCMP has not recruited enough officers to provide close protection work, undermining RCMP's capabilities to protect VIPs.

Under a 2022-23 Departmental Plan, the RCMP PPS will move to a centralized model to provide enhanced oversight/compliance.

In May 2023, the RCMP is given more funding to establish more close protection units for politicians, depending on risk assessment.

Organisation

PPS operations consist of RCMP officers, assisted by civilian and public servants who specialise in intelligence analysis, geospatial analysis and technological expertise.

A number of RCMP close protection units include the Governor General Protective Detail, the Prime Minister Protective Detail and the Divisional Protective Services.

Duties

RCMP officers in PPS operations are responsible for protecting the following VIPs:

Royal Family (when in Canada)
Canadian Governor General
Prime Minister.
Members of Parliament and Senators
Foreign diplomats in Canada,
Supreme, Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal justices
Other persons designated by Minister of Public Safety as protected persons.

Training

Prospective RCMP officers are placed under the National Close Protection Officer Course as of March 2022.

Provincial counterparts

Many provinces have a similar organization that is responsible for the protection of the provincial Lieutenant-Governor, the Premier, other members of the provincial cabinet, and members of the judiciary.

Alberta: Alberta Sheriffs Branch
Newfoundland and Labrador: Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
Ontario: Ontario Provincial Police
Quebec: Sûreté du Québec
Quebec also have protection for ministers, opposition leaders and other high level officials by the DPP (Direction de la Protection des Personalités) which is a division of the MSP (Ministère de la Sécurité Publique du Québec)