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OTTAWA - As the RCMP marks its 150th anniversary, a familiar, nagging question about the storied national police force is resurfacing: Should the Mounties withdraw from small communities across Canada to fully concentrate on big-ticket federal files such as cybercrime, fraud and human trafficking?
The notion of a more focused version of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has rarely been far from conversations about the force’s mandate and future direction