“K” Division by the numbers in 2011

The RCMP "K" Division is Alberta’s Provincial Police Service under contract with the Government of Alberta. 

• 138 Years since North West Mounted Police arrived in Alberta. 
• 80 Years RCMP has served as Alberta’s Provincial Police Service. 
• 29,000 RCMP employees in Canada.
• 3,100 RCMP employees in Alberta.
• 1,576,500 Albertans living in RCMP jurisdictions. 
• 3,584,304 Albertans served by RCMP federal units.
• 250 Federal & Provincial statutes and agreements administered by the RCMP. 
• 582 Federal RCMP employees in Alberta.
• 1,531 Alberta RCMP regular member provincial policing positions. 
• 1,102 RCMP municipal policing positions in Alberta.
• 38 RCMP Aboriginal Community Constable Policing positions in Alberta. 
• 43 Alberta communities served by the RCMP under municipal contract. 
• 750 RCMP detachments across Canada.
• 111 RCMP detachments in Alberta.
• 5 New RCMP Detachment buildings opened in Alberta.
• 2 RCMP Operational Communications Centers (OCC) in Alberta.
• 224,222 911 calls processed by Alberta RCMP OCCs.
• 614 911 calls processed on a daily basis.
• 184,515 RCMP Criminal Code files opened in Alberta. 
• 51 Homicides that occurred in “K” Division. 
• 19,729 Impaired Driving files opened in “K” Division.
• 2 Victim Service Units in Alberta RCMP detachments in 1986. 
• 70 Victim Service Units in Alberta RCMP detachments in 2011. 
• 18,120 RCMP referrals to Victim Service Units in Alberta.
• 217 RCMP Career Information Presentations in Alberta. 
• 3,005 Albertans who attended RCMP Career Presentations. 
• 101 RCMP entrance exam sessions in Alberta.
• 610 Albertans who wrote the RCMP entrance exam.
• 75 Alberta cadets who attended RCMP Depot training.

© RCMP-GRC 2012