page_title: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
section_title: Weapons and intervention options
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Equipment and vehicles / Weapons and intervention options
caption_attribution_description: English: RCMP issue Smith &amp; Wesson model 5946 Service Pistol.
context_page_description: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the federal and national police service of Canada, providing law enforcement at the federal level. The RCMP also provides provincial policing in eight of Canada's provinces and local policing on a contract basis in the three territories and more than 150 municipalities, 600 Indigenous communities, and three international airports. The RCMP does not provide active provincial or municipal policing in Ontario or Quebec. However, all members of the RCMP have jurisdiction as a peace officer in all parts of Canada, including Ontario and Quebec. Despite the name, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is no longer an actual mounted police force, with horses only being used at ceremonial events.
  As Canada's national police force, the RCMP is primarily responsible for enforcing federal laws throughout Canada, whereas general law and order including the enforcement of the criminal code and applicable provincial legislation is constitutionally the responsibility of the provinces and territories. Larger cities may form their own municipal police departments.
context_section_description: Smith & Wesson Model 5946 (1992–Present) - Standard full-sized service sidearm. It is stainless-steel, double-action only, with a 4-inch barrel and a double-column 15-round magazine. Emergency Response Team and dog handler members were issued a modified Model 5946 with its magazine safety removed until it was replaced by the SIG Sauer P226R.
  Smith & Wesson Model 3953 (1996–Present) - Special issue compact sidearm for plainclothes members and commissioned officers. It can also be requested as a service pistol by members with small hands who cannot positively grip the larger Model 5946. It is similar to the Model 5946 except it has a shorter 3.5-inch barrel, a shortened grip, and a single-column 8-round magazine.
  SIG Sauer 226R (9×19mm) - Standard issue sidearm for Emergency Response Team (ERT) and dog-handler members. It replaced the modified Model 5946 that had been previously issued.
  Glock Model 19 - Special issue sidearm for Canadian Air Carrier Protective Program (CACPP) members.
  Heckler & Koch MP5 - Adopted by ERT in ????
  Remington Model 700P (.308 Winchester) bolt-action rifle.
  Remington 870 12-gauge shotgun
  Colt Canada C7 rifle (5.56mm NATO)
  Colt Canada C8 carbine (5.56mm NATO) - Adopted by ERT in ????
  Colt Canada C8 IUR (Integrated Upper Receiver) 5.56mm NATO. The semi-automatic C8 IUR  was adopted for general use in October, 2011., but the first batch were not procured until 2013. The first RCMP Cadets began qualifying on the C8 IUR and receiving Active Shooter training in 2015.
  Taser International M26, X26, & X26P.  Following the Robert Dziekański Incident, all older M26 models and 60 faulty X26 models in stock were removed and destroyed in 2010 due to being outside of specifications.
  Oleoresin capsicum spray
  ASP and Monadnock  expandable defensive batons
caption: RCMP issue Smith & Wesson Model 5946 service pistol with Hogue grip
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