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Helen Escott
Feb 23, 20215 min read
Newfoundland Ranger: Cpl. Richard Noel: From Newfoundland Ranger to the RCMP
Richard Noel is ninety-one years old and lives by himself in a condo in St. John’s. He was born August 16, 1927. He has to lean in to...
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Helen Escott
Feb 23, 20214 min read
Rose Marie Russell-Coffey: Rose Marie of the Mounties
Constable Rose Marie Russell-Coffey made history in 1975 when she became the first female RCMP police officer in Newfoundland and...
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Helen Escott
Feb 23, 20216 min read
Anne James: Telecoms Operator – Always the calm in the storm
When Anne James was living in her hometown of Bishop’s Falls, her brother was friends with an RCMP member. At the time she was working...
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Helen Escott
Feb 23, 20216 min read
Inspector Trudy Murray: The longest serving female RCMP police officer in Canada
Trudy Murray waited patiently for the announcement that came on May 23, 1974. RCMP Commissioner Maurice Nadon told the country that the...
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Helen Escott
Feb 23, 20217 min read
Staff Sgt. George Marshall Sproule: The Force Needs You
George Sproule grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, wanting to be a doctor. He realized into his late teenaged years that there was no way...
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Helen Escott
Feb 23, 20216 min read
Sgt. Bill Smith Reminisces on His career and the Training that Poisoned Him
Sgt. Bill Smith joined the RCMP on July 4th, 1973 in Harbour Grace, his hometown. He grew up with an interest in policing after a cousin...
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