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Canada names first female head to Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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Canada names first female head to Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Brenda Lucki will be Canada’s first permanent female head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Lucki has been with the force for more than three decades and will seek to meet needs of aboriginal communities, promote gender equity and address workplace harassment, the RCMP said in a statement.Lucki said during the ceremony that she will not have all the answers but plans to ask all the right questions, even “some difficult ones.” Approximately one-fifth of the unit’s police officers are women, according to the RCMP. Women were first accepted as uniformed members in 1974. Two cadets fainted during the ceremony. An official said it’s common for members in the force to faint when standing still for a long period of time. The official added that it was a big moment, noting Trudeau’s involvement at the ceremony, and probably very stressful. Lucki is the first woman to be permanently appointed as commissioner of the RCMP. Bev Busson was interim leader from December 2006 to July 2007. The appointment begins April 16.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Brenda Lucki will be Canada’s first permanent female head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Lucki has been with the force for more than three decades and will seek to meet needs of aboriginal communities, promote gender equity and address workplace harassment, the RCMP said in a statement.

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Lucki said during the ceremony that she will not have all the answers but plans to ask all the right questions, even “some difficult ones.”

Approximately one-fifth of the unit’s police officers are women, according to the RCMP. Women were first accepted as uniformed members in 1974.

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Two cadets fainted during the ceremony. An official said it’s common for members in the force to faint when standing still for a long period of time. The official added that it was a big moment, noting Trudeau’s involvement at the ceremony, and probably very stressful.

Lucki is the first woman to be permanently appointed as commissioner of the RCMP. Bev Busson was interim leader from December 2006 to July 2007.

The appointment begins April 16.