Ottawa commits to keeping Mounties on front lines, says fixing federal policing is priority

CBC: “Bottom line is, we could do both,” said Anandasangaree in an interview on Tuesday about the future of the storied — but troubled — national police force. The interview was conducted before news broke of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where the RCMP are the lead investigators.

The ability of the RCMP to do both local and federal policing has been called into question in recent years. 

Multiple reports have concluded the RCMP’s sprawling mandate is straining the institution, with resources being pulled from federal cases to local ones…