h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well you live and learn.

As the RNC only got the title in 1979 I was a bit behind in my knowledge.

However, further research indicates that even six is a little on the conservative side.

http://royalpoliceman.20fr.com/custom2.html

Donald

Good entry.

"The NWMP were to be a mobile, well-armed, well-trained paramilitary force whose prime strategy, however, was to be community policing."

Community policing doesn't seem like a strategy to me. Seems like an action or a goal.

Under Origins, the first subheader is models, followed with three paragraphs. Seems to me that only the first paragraph is about models. I think an underlying theme in those three is simply Background Information.

Hi, Jodan

perhaps 'method' would be the word?

I'm going to go and look at these items right now and I'm sure I will consider and adopt your suggestions.

See what you think of the changed heading. As to community policing, I've had a look around and I think I might defer to Michael Palmiotto, PhD: http://criminaljustice.jbpub.com/catalog/0834210878/

What're the chances...
Well, apples and maple leaves, anyway anhaga

The title of that book is "Community Policing: A Policing Strategy for the 21st Century". Your entry says "The NWMP were to be a mobile, well-armed, well-trained paramilitary force whose prime strategy, however, was to be community policing."

Your use of the word strategy would be appropriate if you said what the strategy was for - what the purpose of the strategy was. The book title clearly says Community Policing is a strategy for policing. Anyway, if you inserted a purpose so that it would be "whose prime strategy for policing, however, was to be community policing", I don't think you'd acheive the point of your sentence, which is to say that it is a military-like body functioning as a community police force.

You have a point and I will continue to consider a solution.

I think I may have found what now seems an obvious solution.

Since most of my extended family lives in Canada, both my parents having emigrated to the States from the north, I had to stop and read this fascinating entry.

I do have two suggestions.

In the introduction, it might be worth mentioning that a lot of children first learned of the RCMP through their exposure to the cartoon character, Dudley Doright(sp?).

You may also want to include a link to the EG entry on the Battle of Little Bighorn. A627275

Great entry! It manages to condense a fairly comprehensive history into a relatively short space.

NBY

As I mentioned earlier when Rev. brought up a certain cartoon character, I was hoping to leave the Hollywood myth to a different, lighter entry.

As for the link you suggest, I'm off to do it right now.

A scout has suggested that this might be ready for picking. Let us know when you're absolutely done and we'll pull that big 'Accept' lever.

I feel done.

Put the cork back in quick, NBY! Jimster hasn't pushed the lever yet!

Let's save it for breakfast.

ooooohhhhh....

Does that mean I'm spending the night?

I'll just ignore that.

Well, no-one came back with any comments, and it looks great to me, so...

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Okay, NBY, now you can pop your cork.