The mounted police combined military, police and judicial functions along similar lines to the Royal Irish Constabulary, and deployed the following year to the Alberta border in response to the Cypress Hills Massacre and subsequent fears of a United States military intervention.
The mounted police were founded by the Prime Minister, Sir John Macdonald, and combined military, police and judicial functions along similar lines to the Royal Irish Constabulary. The new force deployed the following year to the Alberta border in response to the Cypress Hills Massacre and fears of a United States military intervention.