The Saskatchewan Provincial Police was a police force in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that existed from 1917 till 1928. Created in 1917 to replace the Royal North-West Mounted Police with maximum strength of 175 officers. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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 F Division currently act as provincial police.

Organization

The SPP was led by a Commissioner of Police:

• Charles Augustus Mahoney (1869-1941) 1917–1928 – former veteran Ontario Provincial Police
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  officer was Chief Constable of the Saskatchewan Secret Service 1911-1917

The force's rank and file consisted of a mix of former RNWMP officers, military personnel and others with no policing experience.