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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is headed by the Commissioner, who, under the direction of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, has the control and management of the Force and all matters connected therewith. The Commissioner of the RCMP is 23rd on the Canadian Order of Precedence. |
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Commissioner Robert Paulson
From 1986 to 2005, Mr. Paulson served in various locations in British Columbia doing municipal, provincial and federal policing. This includes work in E Division’s unsolved homicide unit, aboriginal and community policing, and investigating organized crime. In 2005, he transferred to National Headquarters in Ottawa, where he served as Executive Director, Major and Organized Crime Intelligence Branch, Director General, National Security Criminal Operations, Assistant Commissioner National Security Criminal Investigations and Assistant Commissioner Contract and Aboriginal Policing Services. In November 2010, he was appointed Deputy Commissioner – Federal Policing. Federal Policing is responsible for providing delivery of services force wide in the following areas: Federal Protective Services which ensures the safety of state officials, major events, visiting dignitaries and foreign missions; Federal and International Operations which deals with a broad and diverse range of counter-criminal activities and policing presence on the international scene (e.g. border integrity; drugs; organized crime; financial crime; international policing; and, in the conduct of National Security Criminal Investigations relating to terrorism. In November 2011, he was appointed Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Mr. Paulson is the father of a son and two daughters. |
