Executive Summary

Sustainable development is inherent in the very nature of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) operations, where for over 130 years, our relationship with Canadians has focused on supporting and nurturing the long-term health, wellness and public safety of the communities we serve. By ensuring we have safe neighbourhoods and homes to live in and by maintaining peace and order for everyone, there is greater opportunity for individuals to demonstrate compassion and respect for the environment and the people they depend upon.

By balancing traditional and non-traditional policing roles, the RCMP ensures both short and long-term outcomes for communities and individuals including the safeguarding of personal rights and freedoms; reduction of crime and the fear of crime; crime prevention; economic security and integrity; and social development. With performance plans established under three key priorities of Sustainable Communities, Corporate Governance and Environmental Stewardship, RCMP's 4 ^th sustainable development strategy, Safe Homes – Sustainable Communities (2007-2009 ) continues to focus on enhancing our policing operations by adding a new dimension to the immeasurable value that our officers bring to the lives of individuals and their families everyday.

The Sustainable Development Strategy is available in HTML and PDF Format (1.41 MB).

Related Links

• Sustainable Development Information System (SDInfo)

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