DCHP-3

band constable

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an Indian employed by the R.C.M.P., earlier the N.W.M.P., as a constable with limited authority on a reserve or in other regions occupied by Indians.

Quotations

1958
The usual procedure, says everyone, is to notify the Band Constables if there is any very serious trouble, and the Constables will decide if it is worth calling the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.