The RCMP is committed to working with our communities to achieve the goal of Safe Homes, Safe Communities. The RCMP have identifed and undertaken strategic initiatives to achieve this and ensure that quality police services are delivered. Outlined below are some of the major initiatives for the RCMP in B.C.

Crime Reduction

When the Crime Reduction Initiative (CRI) began, the collective vision was to decrease crime and make our streets and communities safer, with the ultimate goal of reducing crime and the fear of crime in our communities, and in doing so, increase public confidence in the criminal justice system. More...

Police Records Information Management Environment (PRIME-BC)

When the RCMP's present model of delivering policing services in the Lower Mainland was developed, communication and transportation systems were in their infancy. Offenders primarily committed crimes in their own neighborhoods. Policing was much simpler then. Today, there is rising pressure to respond to more emergency calls, cross-jurisdictional investigations, international crisis situations, and to the complexities of organized crime and terrorism. More...

Report Impaired Drivers: Call 911

You think a driver may be impaired and you ask yourself what should I do? In Nanaimo, you would know to pull over and call 911. The RID Call 911 public education campaign is a year-long pilot project that was launched in June 2009 and partners the Nanaimo RCMP Detachment with Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) Canada, BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation, the Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles and the City of Nanaimo. More...

RCMP E Division Headquarters Relocation Project

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), the RCMP and private partner Green Timbers Accommodation Partners (GTAP) are working together to develop a new headquarters facility that will help improve policing efforts in BC. Once completed, up to 2,700 RCMP employees and members of integrated units will occupy a new 76,162-square metre headquarters facility designed to meet their needs. The move will represent the largest move-coordination effort in RCMP history as employees are relocated from 25 separate locations in Metro Vancouver to the new Green Timbers facility in Surrey. The consolidation will help optimize the use of resources and assist in enhancing teamwork, operations and community safety. The new headquarters facility is planned to meet LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standards and is being developed as a P3 (private-public-partnership) project. More...